Number of Americans in poverty hits record high
2011-09-16 16:28:28
Nearly one in six American people live in poverty, according to the US Census Bureau's annual report, says an article on the BBC website on Sept 14, 2011.
No free Chinese lunch for Europe
2011-09-15 15:13:59
China will not offer free lunch to put an end to the eurozone's sovereign debt and the fundamental responsibility for overcoming the crisis must and will rest with the Europeans themselves, according to an editorial piece in the Financial Times on Sept 14, 2011.
Italy asks China to buy its bonds
2011-09-14 11:45:19
Italy has asked China to make "significant" purchases of Italian debt, the Financial Times reported on its website on Monday.
Biden: China's rise doesn't mean America's demise
2011-09-13 10:06:18
China's rise doesn't spell America's demise and a successful China can make US more prosperous, according to US Vice President Joe Biden in an opinion piece in the New York Times on Sept 7, 2011.
China carrier no cause for regional alarm
2011-09-08 13:51:33
The launch of China's first aircraft carrier should not cause strategic anxieties throughout Asia.
Americans blame govt for 9/11
2011-09-07 15:51:35
Forty-three percent of Americans believe that US policies in the Middle East might have motivated the 9/11 terror attacks on New York and the Pentagon
Is worrying about war with China a self-fulfilling prophecy?
2011-09-06 16:17:00
The US would pay dearly if it tried to rein in China's rise, says an article on the website of Foreign Policy bimonthly magazine on Sept 2, 2011.
Time to work with China's rise
2011-09-05 15:53:46
China's rise is a fact, and the enduring peacefulness of that rise must be a priority for China, its neighbors, the West, and, most importantly, the United States, says Wenran Jiang in an op-ed piece on the website of The Diplomat magazine on Sept 3, 2011.
Made in China threat not so big after all
2011-08-18 16:07:01
The share of Chinese-produced goods in US consumption is in fact not as high as is widely believed.
German fired for marrying Chinese
2011-08-18 14:20:22
An engineer in northern Germany was sacked because his marriage to a Chinese woman was considered by his employer a security risk.
Can democracy solve the West's economic problems?
2011-08-16 15:20:04
The current crises in the US and Europe indicate that political paralysis has become a major hurdle to solving the West's economic woes, as politicians focus more on personal gains than the long-term interests of their nations, according to Michael Schuman in a blog on the website of TIME Magazine on August 3, 2011.
Massive riots: Will the US be next?
2011-08-15 13:29:47
Joblessness, rising inequality, and a frustrated underclass are all being blamed for the violence that's sweeping Britain. But will the United States be next.