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The Dalai Lama claims political and doctrinal ascendancy over the other Tibetan Buddhist sects by virtue of the Gelugpa sect's political dominance of Lhasa and the Tibetan...
Democracy, it ain't what the gweilos and (whatever) made it out to be.
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Death be not proud in the Philippines
By Carlos H Conde
MANILA - It isn't entirely clear why a former budget...
It Ain't Just Mubarak -- 7 of the Worst Dictators the U.S. Is Backing to the Hilt
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Posted on February 5, 2011, Printed on February 8, 2011
It Ain't Just Mubarak -- 7 of the Worst Dictators the U.S. Is Backing to the Hilt | | AlterNet
Embattled Egyptian president...
"As human civilization is being destroyed under the hypocrisy which guides the Western Scientific and pseudo-religious Establishment, the timely needed enlightenment of human populations on a reported Extraterrestrial presence, could very well be led by China. The government of China...
The TRUTH about how long the PAP will last Opinion THE TEMASEK REVIEW
he 2 articles below prove that Win-Win LIE KY + Win-Win 2A1B + CIA + Mossad supply training, explosives, weapons to Thai muslims to kill, maim innocent Thais in the proposed Kra Canal region so that China cannot build the...
Zhongguo needs to consider its security before becoming "open".
Case in point, see below.
Modern art was CIA 'weapon' - World, News - The Independent
Modern art was CIA 'weapon'
Revealed: how the spy agency used unwitting artists such as Pollock and de Kooning in a cultural Cold War...
When Zhongguo (and Russia) rolls into the Korean Penisular, they are not going to be coordinating with the North. It is for redefining where the border will be.
JapanFocus
Frequent large scale joint exercises between the US and ROK militaries, under US command, which have been a feature of...
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Heir apparent showing his stripes
By Willy Lam
Vice President Xi Jinping's brief visit to the western-China metropolis of Chongqing this month has given important clues about the "crown prince's"...
Li Chunfeng and Zhuge Liang message to Xi Jinpin, boost the 2nd Artillery quickly when your time comes.
Tui Bei Tu Chinese Future Prophecies
Li Chunfeng
Flyers are not birds, swimmers are not fish,
A war does not depend on soldiers. It's a game of technology.
Millions of miles of...
The process of assimilating the more dynamic (and leet) elements of Japanese society well underway.
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asahi.com????????Japanese rushing to Shanghai for better jobs - English
SHANGHAI--The peculiarities and rigidity of Japan Inc. had been tolerated by employees when companies were...
Clyde Prestowitz: America Needs a New Globalization Game
If you want to know what's wrong with America and why record numbers of Americans are telling the pollsters that they're fed up, just take a look at how we trade with China. Our major import is nearly $50 billion of computer equipment...
See evidence exhibit #1.
Zhongguo protests US exercises.
Russia DISRUPTS US exercises.
Warplanes Disrupt Drill | News | The Moscow Times
Warplanes Disrupt Drill
09 December 2010
Russian warplanes this week entered airspace above the Sea of Japan where the United States and Japan...
Last man out is the ...
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Japan Collection Call on U.S. Debtors
Hello, is this Japan I'm speaking to?
Yes. (tentative). May I ask who's calling?
It's the ACME collection agency. We're calling today because of your outstanding obligations...
Judging the cyber war terrorist threat : The New Yorker
The Online Threat
Should we be worried about a cyber war?
by Seymour M. Hersh November 1, 2010
Some experts say that the real danger lies in confusing cyber espionage with cyber war.
Some experts say that the real danger lies in confusing...
Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
China revelations no threat to Beijing
By Wu Zhong, China Editor
HONG KONG - WikiLeaks, or perhaps its founding editor Julian Assange, is no doubt a master of publicity. Before it started to...
China's GDP is man-made, unreliable: top leader | Reuters
Reuters) - China's GDP figures are "man-made" and therefore unreliable, the man who is expected to be the country's next head of government said in 2007, according to U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.
Li Keqiang, head of...
US Dispatches from Beijing: 'True Democracy' Within China's Politburo? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
'True Democracy' Within China's Politburo?
Can one find democracy in China? According to a US source in Beijing, the country's Politburo is more interested in consensus than...
An important detail in the factsheet reported in the Korean but apparently not the English press is that the volume of shelling conducted by the South reveals that this was no minor exercise. Information from South Korea's defense ministry reveals that the South "fired 3,657 times, or over 900...
Victim of the US like everyone else.
More and more people dun like the yankee every day.
I Don't Want Speculation, I Want Clear Investment | zero hedge
Lars Schall of MMnews was kind enough to provide yours truly and SmartKnowledgeU with the English translation of the German interview. Though...
JPM Corners Copper Market, LME Says Not To Worry, All Is Good | zero hedge
Not content with holding the biggest paper short position in silver, JP Morgan is now intent on cornering the copper market, as the monopolist firm stretches its FRBNY-facilitated muscles in an attempt to stem the...