Why China is the REAL master of the universe
(Daily Mail Online (UK))
The dire warnings from the International Monetary Fund this week that the West now faces the largest financial shock since the Great Depression, while the Asian economies are still powering ahead, simply underlines our vulnerability in this new world order. Read this, and then re-read it again. It's fear-mongering, pure and simple: ooh, suddenly the world's a much scarier place when some *ssholes not from the UK or Europe are starting to call the shots. From my perspective, they're all *ssholes, whether they're from London or Beijing or Bangalore. They're all competition, and while my people are down, we're still here. It will be interesting to see how these folks, the so-called West, play the game when they're starting to fall behind. I expect we're in a for a lot of turbulence, and lots of saber-rattling ahead, be it political, economic, or military. The sun doesn't set on the British Empire-type bullsh*t! But every dog is going to have its day. In this life, or the next. And some dogs' days are coming to an end, clearly.
Blogged: Tuesday, July 22, 2008

(warning: some of these links may have expired)

1. China in Africa
   (TheRoot.com)
   Blogged: Saturday, August 9, 2008
2. Obama's Berlin Speech Did Not Rid Him of European Skeptics
   (NYTimes.com)
   Blogged: Saturday, July 26, 2008
3. Obama Berlin Speech
   (HuffPo)
   Blogged: Thursday, July 24, 2008
4. Why China is the REAL master of the universe
   (Daily Mail Online (UK))
   Blogged: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
5. Zhen Zhende
   (the black China hand)
   Blogged: Sunday, July 13, 2008
6. Italy's World Cup win seen as global boon
   (MarketWatch)
   Blogged: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
7. Steal This Software
   (IEEE Spectrum)
   Blogged: Thursday, June 30, 2005
8. Bitter harvest: How EU sugar subsidies devastate Africa
   (Independent UK)
   Blogged: Friday, June 24, 2005
9. Live 8
   Blogged: Thursday, June 23, 2005
10. Moses's oily blessing
    (Economist.com)
    Blogged: Sunday, June 19, 2005
11. The Downing Street Memo
    Blogged: Sunday, June 12, 2005
12. Debt relief
    (Guardian UK)
    Blogged: Sunday, June 12, 2005
13. $4 a gallon
    (Information Clearing House)
    Blogged: Saturday, May 28, 2005
14. Public Anger May Singe Beijing
    (Business.com: Eye on Asia)
    Blogged: Wednesday, April 20, 2005
15. International exposure: Team USA loses to Italy
    (ESPN.com)
    Blogged: Tuesday, August 3, 2004