Nepal's army launches new offensive on Maoist rebels

NEPALI troops backed by helicopters have attacked Maoist camps in the
jungles in the west of the country as part of a new offensive against
the rebels launched after the king seized power a week ago.

China for pushing forward ties with India

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Thursday his country is "willing to unswervingly push forward" its ties with India, reports Xinhua.

India, China move to end oil rivalry

In what could be the high point of the Mani Shankar Aiyar-initiated oil diplomacy, China's external oil arm, the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) are likely to bid jointly for oil and gas assets across the globe — instead of battling against one another.

80% of Russian military exports go to China, India.

“Trade in armaments, ammunition and military hardware is a very peculiar thing,” Putin told Rosoboronexport head Sergei Chemezov. “Any activities of the kind must strictly comply with Russia’s foreign policy,” he added.

China Stocks Arsenal With Russia Weapons

Blocked from buying U.S. and European arms, Beijing has stocked its arsenal with Russian-made supersonic fighters and other high-tech weapons, and is investing in the development of its own cruise missiles.

China's "New Thinking" on Japan

According to recent Western reports out of China and views expressed
by the Japanese press and many analysts, Beijing is either actively
encouraging or tacitly tolerating a growing anti-Japanese sentiment in
China. Thus Beijing is portrayed as largely, if not entirely,
responsible for the deteriorating state of the Sino-Japanese political
relationship. Some even attribute the rising negative attitude of the
Japanese toward China as a consequence of the Chinese behavior.

Slick race: India, China race to lop up oil reserves

India and China, two growing giants in the region, are vying with each other to snap up oil reserves from various countries.

China commits US$50b of investment to Caribbean, Latam region

IN just under three months, both the president and vice president of China have led high-powered teams of ministers and officials to the Caribbean and Latin America.

The inscrutable problem of China

The travelling circus that is the Group of Seven has alighted on London where the finance ministers and central bank governors of the seven largest economies have been discussing the problems of the world economy. Africa figured large. But despite the human suffering there, and the political posturing here, Africa still does top the hard finance agenda.

G-7 Issues Veiled Rebuke to China on Yuan

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven industrialized countries held off taking any concrete actions Saturday to alter the value of the dollar, the euro or other currencies.

YUAN REVALUATION - PROS AND CONS

The Call For Revaluation or Chinese Revaluation: Reasons & Ramifications

China, Russia To Hold First Ever Joint Military Drill

Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan (R) inspects one of Russia's military units outside St. Petersburg, 20 December 2003. Cao Gangchuan is on a official visit to Russia to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries, in particular arms procurement. Others in background are unidentified. AFP photo by Alexander Drozdov.

Israeli Defense Official Hints at Gravity of Crisis with U.S. and China; Neo-con Drama...

Defense Ministry director general Amos Yaron caused an uproar in the Knesset's Foreign Affair and Defense Committee on Wednesday morning after he refused to provide details regarding a conflict between Israel and the United States over a large-scale arms deal with China.

Peru, China to establish partnership of cooperation

Peru and China agreed Wednesday to establish a partnership of all-around cooperation during talks between visiting Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and his Peruvian counterpart David Waisman.

Economist: China Loses Faith in Dollar

China Has Lost Faith in Stability of U.S. Dollar, Top Chinese Economist Says at World Forum

Closer Sino-Israel defense ties give US headache

Recent Sino-Israel defense deals have given rise to tensions between
Israel and its major ally, the US. While both Beijing and Tel Aviv
stand to gain from cooperation in the area of military technology,
they do not want to strain their respective relationships with the US,
which opposes the transfer of hi-tech weapons to states perceived as
hostile.

India, China in 'strategic talks'

India and China have begun their first "strategic dialogue" in the latest sign of improving relations.

Will Washington Tolerate A Chinese-Venezuelan Petro Pact?

The U.S.-Venezuela Oil Split Approaches A Boiling Point

US slaps sanctions against Chinese, other Asian firms ov

The United States has slapped new sanctions against seven Chinese companies as well as two firms from Taiwan and North Korea, charging they may have helped Iran in its quest for weapons of mass destruction and more modern ballistic missiles.

China builds up strategic sea lanes

China is building up military forces and setting up bases along sea lanes from the Middle East to project its power overseas and protect its oil shipments, according to a previously undisclosed internal report prepared for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

India and China: a comparison

The gap between the performance of the world's two largest nations, China and India, keeps growing. Two instances from entirely different fields should give us an idea.

India, China will be global giants by 2020: US report

Watch out Uncle Sam, the Indians and the Chinese are coming. The warning has been posted by the US’s own National Intelligence Council in a global peek at circa 2020.

Moscow may sell Beijing strategic bombers

In the latest demonstration of growing
Russian-Chinese military cooperation, Moscow has said it would
consider selling strategic bombers to Beijing, in a move that would
dramatically boost China's military capability and likely irritate
Washington. Russian Air Force chief Vladimir Mikhailov made the
announcement yesterday as he discussed the first-ever Russian-Chinese
military exercises, which were announced by Defense Minister Sergei
Ivanov last month.

Chinese reach into Gulf

Lured by the world's largest oil reserves and markets considered too risky by some Western companies, China is quickly becoming a major economic player in the Gulf, making deals in transportation and technology, showcasing its consumer goods and shoring up agreements to meet its colossal energy needs.

Politics and oil mix in Russia-China talks

By Chris Buckley

Japan, India and U.S. all play part in complex energy negotiations

TAIWAN MISSILE TEST SUCCESSFUL

By: SINA English

The new missile is believed to outperform a similar weapon in China's arsenal, the Russian-made Sunburn.

China wants closer economic ties with Latin America

Western energy giants pressurised by Indian, Chinese oil companies:

China chases a global oil presence

By Richard McGregor, Enid Tsui and Andrew Yeh

China in America's neighborhood

The Bush administration understandably is focused on other urgent
foreign issues, such as counterterror initiatives and nuclear
proliferation. It should follow closely, though, China's involvement in
our neighborhood and step up efforts to secure broader trade ties with the
region.

The fault lines that could shake Asia

By Yu Bin

Russia-China exercise 'aimed at the United States'

China National, Petroleos Venezuela May Form Joint Venture

China's Bohai may yield double proven oil reserves

The stakes for China, and the world

By William Pesek Jr.

Will China successfully brake its economy? From the United States to the smallest, least globalized economy, every nation has much riding on China's quest to avoid economic overheating. China's $1.4 trillion economy is a third the size of Japan's, yet its If John Maynard Keynes is looking down from the heavens these days, he may be lamenting missing out on the ascension of China. Never has such an underdeveloped economy with such a huge population stepped into the global community with such alacrity.

From the President -The Great Chinese Inflation

by Richard M. Ebeling

China’s role in the global balance of payments

By Arthur Kroeber, managing editor of the China Economic Quarterly

The stakes for China, and the world

By William Pesek Jr.

If John Maynard Keynes is looking down from the heavens these days, he may be lamenting missing out on the ascension of China. Never has such an underdeveloped economy with such a huge population stepped into the global community with such alacrity.

This is the Chinese century

William Rees-Mogg

China: US's perfect economic storm

Michael Sheridan
January 03, 2005

Chinese automaker to begin exporting cars to the U.S.

Top 10 International Stories: 10. China works on FTA with ASEAN

By Mac William Bishop
STAFF REPORTER
Sunday, Jan 02, 2005,Page 5

‘WTO, IMF serving US in dominating world economy’

A keynote paper at a recent open discussion titled "International Economic Perspective and World Trade Organisation (WTO)" unveiled that most of the world's famous economic institutions were working in favour of the United States and some other developed countries.

Russia's ties with India, China to grow in New Year

Chinese company could take part in Yuganskneftegaz sale

Chinese oil conglomerate CNPC could be offered up to 20 percent of a state-owned Russian firm that will own Yuganskneftegaz, the main asset of the dismembered Yukos energy giant, the industry and energy minister said.

Russia offers Chinese state company stake in strategic Yukos asset

Coup d'Etat in Washington and "The Dollar Paper Tiger"

Fiery Dragon in Asia and the Pacific

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Coup d' État in Washington

Paper Tiger - The United States and the World

Fiery Dragon: China in East Asia

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The U.S. Trade Advantage with China

Here's the truth: We have the trade advantage with China. We send a little paper dollars that they cannot use, and we get a lot of great stuff that we buy and use continually. We give paper money that is an unjust weight and measure, an abomination. We are cheating them; they are not cheating us.

XYMPHORA ANALYSIS: Israel Cozying up with China?

You can't kill that many people, and cause that much disruption and destruction, without having the whole world furious with you. It is therefore imperative to have the biggest motherfucker on the block to watch your back, and the United States is that motherfucker. It would be impossible for the Israelis to treat the Palestinians the criminal way they do without the aiding and abetting of the United States, and furthering the Project would be impossible without similar help.

Problem. The United States is a giant turd circling the toilet bowl, and George Bush is flushing as fast as he can.

US up in arms over Sino-Israel ties

China Emerging as U.S. Rival for Canada's Oil

Venezuela prez signs 8 deals with China

China, Venezuela sign energy deal

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered China wide access to his country's vast energy resources, including oilfields and the possibility of increased direct crude supplies.

Venezuela and China sign oil deal

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has offered China wide-ranging access to the country's oil reserves.

Venezuela's Chavez pledges support for Chinese oil explo

Venezuela Offers China Greater Access to Oil

China collecting pawns

China collecting pawns in battle to secure status as market econo

China plans to outlaw Taiwan's secession are denounced in Taip

Japan-China tensions worsen

Venezuela to buy tele-satellite from China to reduce dependence on US/Europe

President Chavez ... who has ruled the world's No. 5 oil exporter since he was first elected in 1998 ... has made a point of trying to diversify Venezuela's international economic and political ties, which in the past have been heavily dependent on the United States.

Commentary: China and the U.S. should spare the world a cliffhanger

Wide-awake giant will shake west's strategy

China Expands. Europe Rises. And the United States . . .

Fission of the US dollar hegemony

China Backs Iran Against The Great Satan

Combine China's recent Iranian energy mega-deal with
Vladimir Putin's new strategic coalition, which includes
nuclear-capable Brazil, and it rapidly becomes clear that
New York's "Fortress Americas" fallback initiative is
already dead in the water.

Venezuela Agrees to Export Oil and Gas to China

The Almighty Yuan:

Beijing inspires a new Asian mercantilism

The depreciation of US dollar brings imported inflation to China

China Boosts Presence In Central Asia

Indeed, at the 2001 Shanghai summit, China's then President Jiang Zemin insistently called the SCO the Shanghai Pact to draw a parallel with the old Soviet-led Warsaw Pact, which for decades opposed and blocked NATO in Central Europe.