http://chinafairandbalanced.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:53:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_69" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Job Fair in China"][/caption] Interesting story here via the NYT on how China (in true fashion) is using the current global financial crisis to its benefit.  China is taking this opportunity to shore up its domestic demand, reduce social unrest by providing job training, rapidly and dramatically ... http://chinafairandbalanced.com/?p=68 [caption id="attachment_50" align="aligncenter" width="499" caption="South China Sea"][/caption] Well, at least the press would like you to think that. Last night, President Obama dispatched heavily armed destroyers to the South China Sea in response to a group of Chinese ships confronting a USN vessel. President Obama met with Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang ... http://chinafairandbalanced.com/?p=49 "To be honest, I am definitely a little worried."  So said Wen Jiabao in a recent press conference, referring to the massive amount of money that China has used to finance US debt in recent years.  China has emerged as one of the most stable nations during the current global ... http://chinafairandbalanced.com/?p=42 [caption id="attachment_26" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Intimidation at sea"][/caption] In January, following the inauguration of President Obama, China published a White Paper (“China’s National Defense in 2008”) on the modernization of the country’s national defense and armed forces. The paper was widely ignored in the western press; however, Japan and Taiwan both took ... http://chinafairandbalanced.com/?p=35 Greetings, I've decided to take the plunge into the world of blogging. For months, I've been contemplating developing a website that analyzes Chinese news and I decided to take the easy way out and create a blog. The goal of this site is to provide a fair and balanced look into ... http://chinafairandbalanced.com/?p=39