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Wednesday Night #1324 – Postscript: China & Africa
July 18, 2007, 1 Comment

Hope, Concern Greet China’s Growing Prominence Inter Press Service (Johannesburg) 23 July 2007 By Michael Deibert ...

Wednesday Night #1324 – Anne Sophie, Cleo & Kimon
July 18, 2007, 7 Comments

This Wednesday we will sadly say farewell to Anne Sophie Coleman, who leaves Montreal for an exciting new post in Washin ...

Scandals hint at reality behind China's 'miracle'
July 5, 2007, Comments Off on Scandals hint at reality behind China's 'miracle'

  By Howard W. French   July 5, 2007 SHANGHAI: This has been the season of scandal in China, from the revelati ...

Cutting China's carbon cost
June 30, 2007, 1 Comment

29 June 2007 Source: SciDev.Net A report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (19 June) claims that China ...

Wednesday Night #1319
June 13, 2007, 1 Comment

Isn’t the summer weather lovely? So lovely in fact that we are having a very hard time concentrating on serious ma ...

Wednesday Night #1304
February 28, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1304

February 28, 2007 We are all a-twitter with the countdown to the 25th, but must settle down and take matters (somewhat) ...

Wednesday Night #1297
January 10, 2007, 1 Comment

10 January 2007 We are still basking in the reflected glory of last week’s stimulating discussion on the economy, ...

Hong Kong Archive
January 2, 2007, Comments Off on Hong Kong Archive

02 January 2007 Hong Kong democracy campaigners Monday protested against upcoming leadership polls that they say are unr ...

Cashmere, desertification, goats and dust storms
December 26, 2006, Comments Off on Cashmere, desertification, goats and dust storms

28 December 2006 Today, China’s grasslands, the world’s third-largest, are turning into deserts. In just fiv ...

Wednesday Night #1292 – after the Liberal Leadership convention
December 6, 2006, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1292 – after the Liberal Leadership convention

Introduction The crowded room was pervaded by an atmosphere of genial good humour in contrast to the proposed discussion ...