Year: 2018

Opinion | Don’t Fall for Facebook’s ‘China Argument’ – by Tim Wu – The New York Times

December 10, 2018 / Japan, Monopoly or Monopsony

America’s global dominance in technology requires fierce competition at home, not the coddling of monopolies. By Tim Wu Mr. Wu is a law professor who specializes in antitrust. Dec. 10, 2018,  69  Image CreditCreditAlex Merto “Over the last year or so, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and other American tech leaders have issued a stark warning to those …

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Opinion | The Real China Challenge: Managing Its Decline – The New York Times

November 29, 2018 / China, David Lindsay, Decline and Renaissanace, The Sixth Extinction of Species

By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist Nov. 29, 2018.    112 Sculptures on the campus of the Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, China.CreditCreditBryan Denton for The New York Times “In 2009, The Economist wrote about an up-and-coming global power: Brazil. Its economy, the magazine suggested, would soon overtake that of France or the U.K. as the world’s fifth largest. …

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After a Hiatus- China Accelerates Cyberspying Efforts to Obtain U.S. Technology – The New York Times

November 29, 2018 / China, Espionage & Soft Power, Military Affairs and Espionage

By David E. Sanger and Steven Lee Myers Nov. 29, 2018 “WASHINGTON — Three years ago, President Barack Obama struck a deal with China that few thought was possible: President Xi Jinping agreed to end his nation’s yearslong practice of breaking into the computer systems of American companies, military contractors and government agencies to obtain designs, technology and …

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Five Takeaways From Our New China Project – by Megan Specia – The New York Times

November 28, 2018 / China, Foreign Affairs and U.S.ForeignPolicy

By Megan Specia Nov. 21, 2018 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版Leer en español How did China do it? When The New York Times set out to take a big-picture look at China, the what was obvious enough: Across the Pacific Ocean from the United States lies the world’s newest superpower, a rival to American interests both economic and political. …

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The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard? – By Somini Sengupta – The New York Times

November 26, 2018 / Climate Change, Climate Change Polluters, Vietnam Post 1975 War Problems

By Somini Sengupta Nov. 24, 2018,   1055 “HANOI, Vietnam — Coal, the fuel that powered the industrial age, has led the planet to the brink of catastrophic climate change. Scientists have repeatedly warned of its looming dangers, most recently on Friday, when a major scientific report issued by 13 United States government agencies warned that the …

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Vandana Shiva: There Is No Reason Why India Should Face Hunger and Farmers Should Commit Suicide – EcoWatch

November 23, 2018 / Agriculture, Climate Change, India and Sri Lanka

 Dr. Vandana Shiva Aug. 14, 2015 12:35PM EST Vandana Shiva: There Is No Reason Why India Should Face Hunger and Farmers Should Commit Suicide There is no reason why India should face hunger and malnutrition and why our farmers should commit suicide. India is blessed with the most fertile soils in the world. Our climate is …

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59000 farmer suicides in India over 30 years may be linked to climate change- study says – By Vidhi Doshi – The Washington Post

November 23, 2018 / Climate Change, India and Sri Lanka

By Vidhi Doshi August 1, 2017 A farmer sits on a dried-up patch of land in the southern Indian state of Karnataka in May 2015. (Jagadeesh Nv/European Pressphoto Agency) “Every year, thousands of Indian farmers commit suicide. Now one researcher thinks it may have something to do with climate change. Tamma Carleton, a researcher at the University …

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1,000 Pieces of Plastic Found Inside Dead Whale in Indonesia – By Daniel Victor – The New York Times

November 21, 2018 / Indonesia, Population Growth

By Daniel Victor Nov. 21, 2018 “More than 1,000 assorted pieces of plastic, including 115 cups, 25 bags, four bottles and two flip-flops, have been found inside a dead sperm whale in Indonesia, according to local officials. The whale, found washed ashore Monday in Wakatobi National Park, was already decomposing when rescuers arrived, so investigators were …

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Opinion | The Dangerous Naïveté of Trump and Xi – The New York Times

November 20, 2018 / China, Nicholas Kristof, Trade and Trade Policy

By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist    Nov. 17, 2018,      280 comments   阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing last November.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times   ImagePresident Trump and President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing last November.CreditCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times “Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are a bit …

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How China Took Over Your TV – By QUOCTRUNG BUI and SUI-LEE WEET – The New York Times

November 20, 2018 / Business and Finance, China

By QUOCTRUNG BUI and SUI-LEE WEE   Nov. 18, 2018 “It’s not just about powering growth. It’s also about national security and self-sufficiency. China wants to build homegrown champions in cutting-edge industries that rival Western giants like Apple and Qualcomm. While China has a long way to go, the Communist Party is bringing the full financial …

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