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…proved wildly misplaced. Opposition parties swept to victory in country after country—in Uruguay, Argentina, Nicaragua, South Korea, the Philippines, Poland. The word “stunning” made a frequent appearance in news accounts, as in the stunning rejection of the ruling party in Polan...

… largely effective authoritarianism. Wittfogel argued that the “irrigation societies” of Egypt, China, Mesopotamia, and South America all reflected this link between survival and water control. Power pooled in the hands of what he called a “Hydraulic Bureaucracy”. China’s ”Yu the...

…ng lawyers were advised of the pending charges, which were unsealed on June 21, 2013 and published on front page of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. So presumably Snowden knew that action by the U.S. government was imminent. One of his lawyers, Jonathan Mann, even accom...

… huge operation: ten battalions, including crack infantry units. Our own role was relatively minor. We were to seal the southern entrance to the town. But it proved a tough slog just to get there. Our vehicles got bogged down in mud. By the time we arrived, Fatah fighters, althou...

…ction of China’s international policy approach. China worked overtime in 2014-16 to expand its military position in the South China Sea with a rapid program of island reclamation. China took the idea of the New Silk Road and turned it into a multitrillion dollar trade, investment...

…parallel effort: the “Belt and Sea Lane” initiative for China and Latin America (Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America). Three recent seismic changes have dramatically affected Latin America. First, the economic links that China has developed over the past 13 years...

CHINA DAILY Tuesday, January 23, 2018 C VISION CHINA 7 Observers offer fresh insight for new era Intellectual hails progress made in past while warning of challenges that lie ahead By LIYANG [email protected] Robert Lawrence Kuhn has many titles, ranging from investm...

…rallel effort: the “Belt and Sea Lane” initiative for China and Latin America (Mexico, the Caribbean, and Cen- tral and South America). Three recent seismic changes have dramatically affected Latin America. First, the economic links that China has developed over the past 13 year...

…ive categories: history, culture, trade, mutual development and peaceful development. The second forum was in Quanzhou, Southeast China’s Fujian province, in February 2015. It enlarged the vision to include the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, engaging Southeast Asia, South Asia,...

…lexeeff holds a master's degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University and has worked at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center. Article 2. Now Lebanon What Saudi-Iran talks could mean for Lebanon and the region Alex Rowell May 16, 2014 -- In a potentially momentous sur...

… categories: history, culture, trade, mutual develop- ment and peaceful development. The second forum was in Quanzhou, Southeast China’s Fujian province, in February 2015. It enlarged the vision to include the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, engaging Southeast Asia, South Asia,...

…t attractive valuations sufficiently compensate for those risks. • The weak economic environment with recessions in the southern countries continues to weigh on corporate earnings. Consensus expectations (bottom up) of about 10% to 15% earnings growth in 2013 is too high, in our...

… Cambodia has been slow. Paradoxically, one source of change may be China itself, as it looks to win political favor in Southeast Asia. During an official visit this year, Li Keqiang, China’s premier, pledged to build a new expressway from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville to supplemen...

…to UN Secretary-General on Israel’s Withdrawal from Lebanon (17 April 2000) 1046 UN Reports on Israel’s Withdrawal from South Lebanon (22 May, 16 June, and 18 June 2000) 1047 Report of the UN Secretary-General on the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 425 and 426 (...

…gitimate magnate. He had, at different times, run practically all the gas stations, convenience stores, and gambling in South Carolina. He confessed with a half smile that, in an average trip to Sin City, he and his fellow weekend warriors might lose an average of $500,000 to $1,...