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Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 8 Comments: 0 Is China's Xi Jinping Shedding His Reformer Ways? (LinkAsia: 5/17/13) Is China's Xi Jinping Shedding His Reformer Ways? (LinkAsia: 5/17/13) When China's new president Xi Jinping assumed office, he made waves for leaning towards reformist policies. Observers predicted considerable change as China continues to struggle with political corruption and freedom of opinion. LinkAsia's David Bandurski reports, however, that the president may be moving away from the role of a reformer. Watch more at http://linkasia.org IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping takes part in a wreath laying ceremony while visiting Moscow in March: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov May 17, 2013 4:01 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 5 Comments: 0 China, Others Want What's under the Arctic Ice China, Others Want What's under the Arctic Ice China, South Korea and Japan are all keen on the Arctic for its untapped energy and natural resources. The countries have now been granted observer status at the Arctic Council, meeting in Sweden this week. (May 15) May 16, 2013 1:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 82 Comments: 0 How Many Drugs Can You Buy For $20 Around The World? How Many Drugs Can You Buy For $20 Around The World? How much coffee, weed, cigarettes, cocaine, whiskey, and heroin can you buy for $20 around the world? Among the countries featured: USA, Norway, Japan, Netherlands, UK, China, Colombia, Germany, Afghanistan, Sweden, France, Philippines, Canada. User: runarounddead May 13, 2013 2:31 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 19 Comments: 0 Chinese Bloggers Fish for Clues in Decades-Old Poison Case (LinkAsia: 5/10/13) Chinese Bloggers Fish for Clues in Decades-Old Poison Case (LinkAsia: 5/10/13) Internet users in China are increasingly sidestepping state officials and taking action into their own hands. Bloggers are not only probing the law in mainland China, but governments in other countries as well, such as the US. LinkAsia's Mark Dreyer presents how Chinese netizens are trying to crack a case of poisoning that stretches two decades and across international borders. Watch more at http://linkasia.org IMAGE: People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province. China employs a complex system of filters and an army of tens of thousands of human monitors to survey the country's 140 million Internet users' surfing habits and surgically clip sensitive content from in front of their eyes: REUTERS/Stringer May 10, 2013 6:03 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 14 Comments: 0 Pentagon Calls out Chinese Cyber Espionage Tactics (LinkAsia: 5/10/13) Pentagon Calls out Chinese Cyber Espionage Tactics (LinkAsia: 5/10/13) Chinese hackers have taken the international spotlight again after the Pentagon directly accused China of state-sponsored cyber espionage. LinkAsia spoke with Jeffrey Carr, CEO of Taia Global, about what the charges could mean to the future of cyber-security between the two countries. Watch more at http://linkasia.org IMAGE: U.S. Marine Sergeant Michael Kidd works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the naval air station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the 26-year-old is retraining to fight cyber threats: REUTERS/Samantha Sais May 10, 2013 6:03 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 12 Comments: 0 Across Asia, Football Fans Bid Farewell to Sir Alex (LinkAsia: 5/10/13) Across Asia, Football Fans Bid Farewell to Sir Alex (LinkAsia: 5/10/13) Football fans across Asia offered a flood of praise and fond farewells to Sir Alex Ferguson, after the 71-year-old manager announced he was stepping down after 26 years at the helm of the world-famous English club Manchester United. Ferguson's constant triumphs in the sport won the adoration of millions of football fans across the world, particularly in Asia, where a combination of prominent Asian stars and tours saw a massive boom in the club's popularity. Watch more at http://linkasia.org IMAGE: Manchester United fans hold posters supporting their team during a training session at the Shanghai Stadium July 24, 2012. Manchester United played a season friendly match against Shanghai Shenhua while on tour in China: REUTERS/Aly Song May 10, 2013 5:02 PM
Unmoderated Tag: China Rating: No Votes Hits: 22 Comments: 0 Hong Kong: A True Homage Hong Kong: A True Homage Love_me_some_Brie [link] [comment] May 9, 2013 9:37 PM
Headline Tag: Barack Obama Rating: Good Hits: 2702 Comments: 0 Neil deGrasse Tyson: Sputnik Moment Neil deGrasse Tyson: Sputnik Moment In Space Chronicles, Neil deGrasse Tyson describes how the Soviet Union was a catalyst for the U.S. space program, and China might be considered a similar catalyst today (http://goo.gl/fzGtH). Transcript-- When the president, President Obama, mentioned the Sputnik moment, seeing that we are losing a competitive edge to the Chinese and others, said, "This is a new Sputnik moment" and then he gave a list of things we should do, which included like higher speed Internet and light rail. I'm thinking, no, no. Energy independence, that's not a Sputnik moment. We should have those things anyway. Sputnik moments, you reserve those for grand visions that take your mind, body and soul to places that no one had previously dreamed. Sputnik moments are occasions where you invent tomorrow. I'm not old enough to remember 1957 but there's certainly plenty of people among us who do. And when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik that was a Sputnik moment. This was our sworn enemy, the communists. And we had our own state of self-assessment that we were technologically proficient, you know, we won the war. Our manufacturing was back in place and here's this country that we were telling the whole world that we were better than they were in every way that mattered and, bam, out comes a satellite. Our response was we created NASA; first we went berserk then we created NASA a year later. We redoubled our efforts in science and technology and engineering. And that would shape the identity of the United States from the end of the 1950s through the 1970s. The Sputnicity of that moment I think comes from the fact, whether or not the public knew this, the military folks knew it, that Sputnik was a hollowed out intercontinental ballistic missile shell. They took out the warhead and put in a radio transmitter that went beep, beep. The military folks knew that if they could put a radio transmitter in a ballistic missile shell and fly it over our heads that they have the new higher ground. So in that case the Sputnik moment was a military one. And it was clear that technology and science would be what would enable nations to take the lead and the high ground. Right now we're, we in America, we're sort of slowing down, or maybe everyone else is just speeding up but the effect is we've lost our edge. We've lost our leadership position. When President Obama said, "In a Sputnik moment, in fact we will rejuvenate the space program." The space program in fact is not dead it's just kind of smoldering back there. One of them is we'll be back to Mars in the 2030s, 2030's, maybe as early as the late 2020's. Who's gonna be president? On what budget? So that's a nice thing to listen to in a speech because he's thinking about the future but that's not a future that's actually within reach that anyone can act upon. I don't like Sputnik moments. I'd rather have been the leader all along. Why do we have to be shocked into being motivated to lead? Why don't we just lead all the time? And maybe that's just unrealistic, maybe that's just not human nature. Maybe we have to feel threatened in order to act. So yes Sputnik moments work, and if we can't lead all the time, let it be a Sputnik moment that kick starts our heart back beating again. But I can't help but be a little disappointed that we haven't stayed there. That we're going to have to play catch-up if we're gonna catch up at all. Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler & Elizabeth Rodd User: Curtius May 2, 2013 5:22 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 6 Comments: 0 Restoring the Earth: Drylands Restoring the Earth: Drylands Bringing degraded land to life. John D. Liu looks examples from China and South Africa. Watch more at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus. Apr 30, 2013 11:02 PM
Permanent Tag: Television Rating: No Votes Hits: 138 Comments: 0 Sesame Street: Big Bird in China Sesame Street: Big Bird in China Join in the adventure with Big Bird and Barkley in an exciting adventure to China when they go to famous places like the Great Wall of China! They are on a mission to find a legendary phoenix. User: TheNextDylan Apr 27, 2013 12:25 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 13 Comments: 0 Rise of China Car Culture on Display in Shanghai Rise of China Car Culture on Display in Shanghai Luxury car brands, including top of the range Bugatti and Rolls Royce, are proudly showing off their latest designs at the Shanghai Auto Show. Sellers are banking on the Chinese love of luxury to boost trade. (April 23) Apr 23, 2013 2:00 PM
Headline Tag: Japan Rating: Good Hits: 1303 Comments: 1 How Much Food Can You Buy For $5 Around The World? How Much Food Can You Buy For $5 Around The World? Here's how much coffee, meat, beer, McDonald's, and more you can buy for $5 in countries around the world. For starters, you can buy a lot of beer for $5 in China. User: runarounddead Apr 23, 2013 9:17 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 7 Comments: 0 AP Top Stories April 22 P AP Top Stories April 22 P Here's the latest news for Monday, April 22: Marathon bombing charges filed; Mourners say final goodbyes to marathon victim; Flight delays pile up; China roles out improved quake response. Apr 22, 2013 4:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 11 Comments: 0 China Roles out Improved Quake Response China Roles out Improved Quake Response China's full range of disaster response is on display after Saturday's earthquake in the Sichuan province killed at least 188 people. (April 22) Apr 22, 2013 1:00 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 23 Comments: 0 Raw: Us Navy Ships Visit Vietnam Raw: Us Navy Ships Visit Vietnam The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon arrived in the Vietnamese port of Danang for an annual visit on Sunday. Regular visits by US ships for annual collaboration with Vietnam confirm the US military presence in the South China Sea. (April 21) Apr 21, 2013 9:00 AM
 
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