Back on the China Front
(Washington, D.C.): An old stand-by in the silent-movie era of Westerns was a screen that displayed the words "Meanwhile, back...
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Not-So-Brilliant: New York Stock Exchange Suspended Trading of Chinese Automaker Amid Troubling Revelations
(Washington, D.C.): In a growing scandal eerily reminiscent of that which derailed the New York listing of Bank of China...
Witness to Evil: German Doctor Endorses Bush Depiction of North Korea, Opposes Engagement’ with Its Brutal Regime
(Washington, D.C.): The father-son Kim dynasty that has subjected North Korea for over five decades to a form of totalitarian...
Chinese Enron? Bank of China’s Planned New York Stock Exchange Listing Collides with Systemic Corruption Revelations
(Washington, D.C.): A $2-5 billion initial public offering (IPO) and New York and Hong Kong stock exchange listings of the...
Who Pulled the Plug on the Chinese Bugs’?
(Washington, D.C.): A highly classified U.S. operation that promised to provide important -- perhaps even geopolitically explosive -- insights into...
China: The Not-So-Hidden Dragon in the War on Terror
(Washington, D.C.): If Pakistan and India go to nuclear war in the coming days, each country will be blamed for...
Trade as An Engine for Democracy in China: The Big Lie
(Washington, D.C.): Despite last week's resolution by the European Parliament opposing Beijing as the site of the 2008 Summer Olympic...
Flame Out: China’s Communists Must Not be Legitimated As The Nazi Regime Was as the Host of Olympic Games
(Washington, D.C.): In a little over a week the International Olympic Committee will make its final decision on the site...
Will China’s Rigged Capitalism’ Undo the W.T.O.?
(Washington, D.C.): As the People's Republic of China moves inexorably closer to becoming a member of the World Trade Organization,...
Dirty Business: China Ocean Shipping Company Allegedly Running Guns –and Who Knows What Else — to Cuba
(Washington, D.C.): A front-page article in today's Washington Times identified the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) as a key player...
Watch This Space: Beijing Says It Won’t Bring Sovereign Bond to U.S. Capital Markets — But For How Long?
(Washington, D.C.): In the immediate aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission's adoption of historic new disclosure requirements for foreign...
The Financial Times Misses The Mark In Editorial On New, SEC- Affirmed Political Risk Factors In The U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In the wake of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ground-breaking decision last week to require national security, human...
Lehman’s Analyst Melcher Breaks The News For The Markets: China Must Clean Up Its Act — or Search Elsewhere For Much-Needed Capital
(Washington, D.C.): In his first Lehman Brothers column to fund managers world- wide, Mark Melcher, the respected political and economic...
U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Urges President Bush to Rule on Chinese Sovereign Bond Offerings
(Washington, D.C.): President George W. Bush used the recent annual dinner of the American Jewish Committee on religious freedom to...
No Triumph of the Will’ for China
(Washington, D.C.): The Bush Administration is coming under increasing pressure to demonstrate that it truly comprehends the serious shortcomings of...
Needed: A Real Commitment to Taiwan
(Washington, D.C.): There's good news and bad news about the Bush Administration's decision on arms sales to Taiwan. The good...