Tom Friedman, Again - Jonah Goldberg - The Corner on National Review Online
Not everything in Tom Friedman’s latest column is wrong or stupid, but where it isn’t that, it’s terribly boring. And I should be clear, it’s not boring because what he says is so conventional. It’s boring because he says the same […]

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Researchers identify command servers behind Google attack
VeriSign’s iDefense security lab has published a report with technical details about the recent cyberattack that hit Google and over 30 other companies. The iDefense researchers traced the attack back to its origin and also identified the command-and-control servers that were used to manage the malware. …
“The source IPs […]

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Your shoddy manufacturing and closed customer service center just earned you a bitch online.
Yes just keep shipping the Barbie PowerWheels Jeep with holes in the wrong place and the parts riveted so we can’t fix your screw up.
Now my granddaughter won’t have her present until Saturday. If the store has another and If it’s […]

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Opera web browser ‘censors’ Chinese content
Web browser Opera has closed a loophole which allowed Chinese users to access sites banned by the government.
At the weekend mobile users of the Opera Mini browser were asked to upgrade to a Chinese version.
According to the BBC’s Beijing Bureau, this version no longer allows access to sites such […]

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China executes two over tainted milk powder scandal
Zhang Yujun was convicted of endangering public safety by dangerous means, for selling more than 770 tonnes of the tainted milk powder from July 2007 to August 2008, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Geng Jinping, who managed a milk production centre, was convicted of supplying milk containing […]

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Instapundit » Blog Archive » DISAPPOINTING HYBRID CAR SALES in China….
Face it. These over-batteried, over-priced Greenmobiles are toys for the western middle class who can afford to squander several thousand dollars to acquire PC/Green cachet.
None of the following are large in Communist China: The middle class, political correctness (as we think of it) […]

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U.S. to Impose Tariff on Tires From China
In one of his first major decisions on trade policy, President Obama opted Friday to impose a tariff on tires from China, a move that fulfills his campaign promise to “crack down” on imports that unfairly undermine American workers but risks angering the nation’s second-largest trading partner.
The decision […]

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Chinese Scientists Reprogram Cells to Create Mice
Two teams of Chinese researchers working separately have reprogrammed mature skin cells of mice to an embryonic-like state and used the resulting cells to create live mouse offspring.
Great news, if true. Progress consists of a thousand little baby mouse steps. But I’ve got a few doubts, based on history. […]

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Chinese Publish Flawed Clinical Trials | Ivanhoe’s Medical Breakthroughs
Researchers found 93 percent of the 2,235 RCTs were flawed, and fewer than 7 percent met the criteria for authentic RCT randomization. The large number of non-RCTs published as RCTs present the stronger need for quality peer review and for the general public to be aware of […]

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China Warns Against Force in Carrying Out North Korea Sanctions - Bloomberg.com
June 13 (Bloomberg) — China warned about the dangers involved in inspecting North Korean cargo under United Nations Security Council sanctions approved yesterday, saying countries intercepting vessels should avoid armed action.
“Under no circumstance should there be the use of force or the threat of […]

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U.S. Firm Says China Stole Software for Web-Filter - WSJ.com
A California company alleged that an Internet-filtering program being pushed by the Chinese government contains stolen portions of the company’s software.
No surprise. Much of China’s “Tech Miracle” started out as stolen technology, mostly from the United States and western Europe. (Of course - as […]

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North Korean Atomic Tests Lift Lid on Japan’s Nuclear ‘Taboo’ - Bloomberg.com
“Tamogami’s opinion is still a minority view, but it is no longer a taboo, nor seen as an extreme one,” said Yoichi Shimada, an international-politics professor at Fukui Prefectural University in central Japan. “China wouldn’t welcome a Japanese debate on nuclear armament and would […]

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As North Korea counts down, Japan talks tough - Los Angeles Times
“The Japanese have been completely reliant on the United States [for military protection], and I think we are coming to a point where we need to reevaluate the situation,” he said. “Japan did not have the ability to intercept missiles until now. Japan is […]

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ChineseKillWeapon - U.S. Naval Institute
With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned.
After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a “kill weapon” developed by the Chinese […]

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Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries - NYTimes.com
TORONTO — A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded.
In a report to be issued this weekend, the researchers said that the […]

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The Corner on National Review Online
Re: Obama and the Imminent North Korea Missile Launch [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Really? I’d be curious to hear other opinions . . .
UPDATE: Dan Blumenthal of AEI says: ” There is no way for the U.S. to shoot a missile launcher without provoking a full-scale war.” I’m very skeptical […]

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Clinton says North Korean launch would come at a cost | International | Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday a potential missile launch by North Korea would be a provocative act that would have consequences for talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.
Clinton’s comments came as a U.S. official said North […]

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Wen Voices Concern Over China’s U.S. Treasurys - WSJ.com
BEIJING — Premier Wen Jiabao voiced confidence in China’s economy, saying his government’s finances give it room to spend even more to support growth if needed, but expressed concern about the outlook for the U.S. and the safety of its Treasury bonds.
The forceful comments from Mr. Wen’s […]

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Foggy Crystal Ball by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online
These are humbling times for champions of the free market and American-style capitalism.
Really? Why?

Ask yourself this: Why are we in this financial crisis?
Any short list of reasons would include a lack of transparency in markets and regulatory rule-making; collusion between business and government; the politicization […]

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FT.com / Asia-Pacific - China lectures US on economy
The US was lectured about its economic fragilities on Thursday as senior Chinese officials urged the administration to stabilise its economy, boost its savings rate and protect Chinese investments.
Tell you what, commie pig: when your shithole of a country can get more than five or […]

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China slashes interest rates as panic spreads - Telegraph
It is the fourth interest rate cut from the Chinese central bank in the last ten weeks as the government desperately battles an evident economic collapse. “China is out to save itself here,” said Patrick Bennett, an analyst with Societe Generale in Hong Kong.
Would this be […]

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Physicist sent secret US space data to Beijing
Shu Quan-Sheng, a Chinese-born naturalized US citizen and physicist who headed a high-tech company, is facing a 10-year prison sentence for having sent secret information about the US space program to China from 2003 to 2007.
IS CHINA BLACKMAILING AMERICA?
China, which is feeling the sharp bite of product recalls […]

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Why China’s Stimulus Plan Will Change the World
In other words, what goes around, comes around. Global schadenfreude toward a stupid and greedy United States and its subprime mortgage meltdown has rapidly become global concern about how to rescue the world from an all-encompassing financial disaster.
A disaster wherein almost all of those indulging in “schadenfreude” about […]

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Russian leader Medvedev heading to Cuba, Venezuela - Yahoo! News
MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to travel this month to Cuba and Venezuela, which have increasing military and trade ties with Moscow.
The U.S. has objected to Russia’s greater links with the two countries that have antagonistic relations with Washington.
The Monroe Doctrine is dead. […]

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Rich nations should ditch ‘unsustainable’ lifestyles: China’s Wen
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and a top UN official urged industrialised nations Friday to alter their lifestyles and investment modes as part of efforts to tackle global warming.
“The developed countries have a responsibility and an obligation to respond to global climate change by altering their unsustainable way of […]

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