In the long term, as John Maynard Keynes once wrote, we are dead. But it is also true that over the long term economic growth depends upon on an expanding population. Historically, the United States has been unique among developed
By KARL RITTERAssociated PressDOHA, QatarThe United States on Monday challenged China’s view of how to split the burden of curbing carbon emissions, saying the rich-poor divide in past climate agreements has no place in a future pact to fight global
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONU.S. manufacturing shrank in November to its weakest level since July 2009, one month after the Great Recession ended. Worries about automatic tax increases in the New Year cut demand for factory orders and manufacturing
China urged North Korea on Monday not to go ahead with a plan for its second rocket launch of 2012, with Moscow saying any such move would violate restrictions imposed by the U.N. Security Council. North Korea’s state news agency
WASHINGTON — Chinese blind activist Chen Guangcheng said in a video released Sunday that a three-year jail sentence handed to his nephew was “revenge” for his dramatic escape to the US embassy earlier this year.Chen, who was imprisoned after exposing
(AP) AP IMPACT: China overtaking US as global traderBy JOE McDONALD and YOUKYUNG LEEAP Business WritersSEOUL, South KoreaShin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade.
The UN is now echoing noted libertine-turned-martyr Sandra Fluke: the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) recent State of World Population report states that access to contraception is a “universal human right.” Where do you start in attacking this tripe from
So here we are at last, three years after I began reviewing the James Bond series, and it’s time to announce my choices for the best elements of the entire series. You have to hand it to the Broccoli family
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China’s neighbors express alarm over militant new South China Sea policy China conducts drills to prepare for new military policy in South China Sea Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians rally to support Morsi and
On November 20, during a summit meeting at Phnom Penh where President Obama intended to push a Trans-Pacific partnership excluding China, the tables were turned and China, India, Japan, South Korea, and others announced a partnership that excludes the U.S.
(AP) Lone Chinese home destroyed; farmer accepts dealBy GILLIAN WONGAssociated PressBEIJINGAuthorities have demolished a five-story home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by Chinese homeowners against officials
We may be watching the end of Western civilization’s growth, if a new study from the Brookings Global MetroMonitor is any indicator. According to Brookings, the top 50 fastest-growing cities, ranked by GDP per capita, are located in Asia, except
(AP) BEIJINGChinese regulators suspended a broadcaster Friday after an unaired segment of a TV game show was leaked online showing a raucous shouting match about nudity between spectators and a woman who calls her daughter the next Lady Gaga. The suspension
By GILLIAN WONGAssociated PressBEIJINGA Chinese court sentenced the nephew of legal activist Chen Guangcheng to more than three years in jail for assault in a hurried, suddenly announced trial Friday that his parents were barred from attending. The punishment against
By KARL RITTERAssociated PressDOHA, QatarThe United Nations climate chief is urging people not to look solely to their governments to make tough decisions to slow global warming, and instead to consider their own role in solving the problem. Approaching the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com United Nations creates the nation ‘Palestine’ Mahmoud Abbas demands an end to the Israeli occupation Israeli ambassador says that Palestinians don’t want peace China to step up military confrontations in South China Sea Philippine
On Tuesday, the Obama Treasury Department sparked bipartisan outrage when it released a report denying that China manipulates its currency, a belief widely held by Democrats and Republicans alike. By artificially lowering the value of its currency, Chinese companies sell
Throughout the 2012 election cycle, Breitbart News provided extensive coverage of the threat of illegal foreign and fraudulent online campaign donations. The Government Accountability Institute’s comprehensive 108-page report–“America The Vulnerable: Are Foreign and Fraudulent Online Campaign Contributions Influencing U.S. Elections?”–revealed
Leave it to former Utah governor and presidential reject Jon Huntsman to defend lying diplomat UN Ambassador Susan Rice. Today, Huntsman interviewed with the Huffington Post, where he told Sam Stein that criticism of the Obama administration over the murder
AP- BEIJING – China has successfully landed a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, which entered service two months ago, the country’s official news agency confirmed Sunday. The Liaoning aircraft carrier underscores China’s ambitions to be a leading Asian
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: China extends its ‘Lebensraum’ policy to its passports Text of Constitutional Declaration by Egypt’s President Morsi Violent protests return across Egypt after Morsi’s power grab European Union budget summit collapses in disagreement China extends
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Purported Gaza-Israel truce deal fails to materialize Panicked Gazans run from their homes as Israel drops leaflets on Gaza City China is forced to back down diplomatically at an ASEAN meeting Purported Gaza-Israel truce
Mark Schlereth isn’t the first actor who used a soap opera stint as a springboard to Hollywood films. He may be the only one with three Super Bowl rings to do so, though. The former NFL guard, who won championships
President Obama and Congressional Democrats have gone to great lengths to defend embattled U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s role in the aftermath of the 9-11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Ms. Rice’s defenders claim that her initial public
(AP) Obama, on Asia trip, first pays visit to ThailandBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressBANGKOKPresident Barack Obama on Sunday launched a three-day Southeast Asia tour, hailing alliances with countries such as Thailand as cornerstones of the administration’s deeper commitment to the Asia-Pacific
