Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has been leading a Gulf Arab effort to conduct an independent security policy that was not dependent on the United States. Diplomats and analysts said one option has been to strengthen relations with China, a nuclear power that has been searching for additional energy supplies. On Jan. […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — “Following two years of anemic and uneven recovery from the global financial crisis, the world economy is teetering on the brink of another major downturn.” That’s the sober assessment of a key UN report which warns that “output growth has already slowed considerably during 2011 and anemic growth is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com After Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected to a second four-year term last weekend, he faces intensifying pressure from Beijing to start “reunification talks.” Immediately after defeating Tsai Ing-wen, the moderate leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Ma told the media that he was in no […]
Sol W. Sanders Old friend columnist Joseph Alsop once told me of arriving in China with a clanking sword he had hassled across the Pacific, given him by his cousin, FDR, along with an instant “Inside-the-Beltway” Navy commission. President Roosevelt sent him immediately after Pearl Harbor to Chungking as “political adviser” to Claire Lee Chenault […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — China and the United Arab Emirates have signed a series of energy accords. The two Asian states signed energy cooperation agreements on Jan. 17 during the visit by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. Under the agreements, the UAE’s state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and the China National Petroleum […]
Lev Navrozov To emigrate to America from “Soviet Russia” was like going to live on some distant planet reproducing your favorite country: A dream. But one fine day those who ruled Russia decided to stage an unusual experiment: they allowed several hundred “Soviet citizens” to emigrate from the “Soviet paradise.” Naturally, we were highly suspicious: […]
Sol W. Sanders President Barack Obama has launched new international diplomatic poker with “a trailing hand”. It is impossible to exaggerate the forces at play, economic as well as political, foreign and domestic, and their interplay. When he signed Dec. 31st the latest Iran provisos, Mr. Obama was handed new clout to cut Iran’s energy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — China, which has also signed a nuclear cooperation accord with Riyad, will play a key role in Saudi Aramco’s oil refinery plans. Aramco and China’s Sinopec Group have signed a $10 billion refinery agreement to develop the 400,000 barrel per day refinery in Yanbu on the Red Sea coast. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com From East-Asia-Intel.com Chinese President Hu Jintao revealed Beijing’s continued his commitment to Communist ideology last week when he denounced what he called cultural imperialism from hostile Western forces. Hu told Communist Party members that hostile forces are seeking to divide and westernize China and called for opposing all efforts to change the […]
Lev Navrozov On Jan. 3, Yahoo! News published a speech by Chinese President Hu Jintao, delivered at an annual policy meeting of the party’s Central Committee, “Hu: Hostile Forces Seek to Westernize, Split China” (by Gillian Wong, Associated Press). “Hu’s remarks are part of the Communist Party’s broader push to reinforce socialist principles in an […]