US, China in human rights talks amid clampdown
© AFP/File Liu Jin AFP BEIJING (AFP) – US and Chinese officials met in Beijing on Wednesday for sensitive human rights talks, with the American…
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China hits back with report on U.S. human rights record
Dees Illustration XINHUA China retorted the U.S. criticism on its human rights situation by publishing a report of the U.S. human rights record on…
US, China to hold economy meeting in May
© AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Top officials from the United States and China will meet in Washington early next month, the Treasury Department…
US, China to hold human rights talks
© AFP/File Fabrice Coffrini AFP BEIJING (AFP) – China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department…
Oil Crisis Just Got Real: Sinopec (Read China) Cuts Off Oil Exports
Sinopec Station in Hong Kong Wikimedia Commons image Zero Hedge As if a dollar in freefall was not enough, surging oil is about to hit…
Answering Objections to a Tariff
Ian Fletcher Activist Post It’s only fair to answer some of the objections to the idea of an import tariff that I and others, like…
China Firing Back in New Cold War
But which side should the public be on? James Corbett, Contributing Writer Activist Post Now that ground forces have already been deployed in Libya,…
Why Donald Trump is Right on Trade
Ian Fletcher Activist Post The usual suspects are racing to debunk Donald Trump’s foray into the most serious protectionism—a 25% tariff on China—proposed by a…
Economists Shocked, Shocked: We Really Are Losing Jobs to China!
Ian Fletcher Activist Post There’s a nice new academic paper just out by an MIT economist and his friends that gives some hard data to…
US to delay China currency report
© AFP/File AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Treasury Department on Friday said it would delay a report that could label China a currency manipulator…
Clinton urges China to free activists
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei © AFP/File Peter Parks AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged China to free dozens…
Paul Craig Roberts: Why Is NATO Really In Libya? (Video)
YouTube — RT Is NATO failing with its attempts in Libya? Former Regan Administration official Paul Craig Roberts thinks the situation with Gaddafi is much…
A Crack in the Great Wall-mart: Watch Out for Rising Prices from China
Jason Kaspar, Contributing Writer Activist Post In a widely covered interview last Wednesday, the CEO of Wal-Mart, Bill Simon, warned that “U.S. consumers face ‘serious’…
US: No climate deal without all aboard
Chief Climate Envoy Todd Stern © AFP/File Ronaldo Schemidt AFP NEW YORK (AFP) – The United States said Wednesday it opposed a climate deal that…