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ZeroHedge.com

Looking at China we observe that the country actually sold off Long Term UST (while buying Short Term Bills): this means that the Fed, with its $966 billion in US paper is now untouchable at the top of all holders of US Treasurys.

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Terrence Aym

The popular, trendy restaurant "employs" six shiny, copper-colored robots that can serve as many as 100 demanding, hungry humans. These mechanical wonder-waiters never grow tired or short-tempered; they don't have feet that hurt; and they don't c

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slatest.slate.com

China will bestow its own peace prize in Beijing on Thursday, the day before the Nobel Prize is awarded to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The "Confucius Peace Prize"—which was invented this year

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Terrence Aym

China has been reacting sluggishly to North Korea's latest saber-rattling. Analysts note that the emerging superpower sees no value in continuing to support the failing regime of Kim Jong-il. The Chinese have developed strong trade agreements with t

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The PPJ Gazette

It seems like there’s not much hope for Mt. Hope in Nevada. A brave group of American farmers and ranchers (and so far, Eureka County, NV) are all that is standing between our valuable American resources and water rights, and a Chinese company that

News Link • Global Reported By Marti Oakley
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AP

Contacts told American diplomats that hacking attacks against Google were ordered by China's top ruling body and a senior leader demanded action after finding search results that were critical of him, leaked U.S. government memos show. One memo se

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AP

A Chinese passenger train hit a record speed of 302 miles per hour during a test run of a yet-to-be opened link between Beijing and Shanghai. It was the fastest speed recorded by an unmodified conventional commercial train. Other types of trains have

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ZeroHedge.com

China announced a few days back it was creating a fund to allow its domestic investor base to allocated capital to foreign gold ETF, may wish to reconsider after it was disclosed late last night that China gold imports jumped by 500%

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NY Times

The [automobile's] impact sent Ms. Chen flying and broke the other woman’s leg. The 22-year-old driver, who was intoxicated, tried to speed away. Security guards intercepted him, but he was undeterred. He warned them: “My father is Li Gang!”

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The Upshot (video)

As the US and China battle over the finer points of currency manipulation at the G-20 summit, American negotiators may want to take note of this startling testimonial to the productivity of Chinese workers who completed a 15-story hotel in just six d

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NY Times

Xu Lindong’s confinement in a locked mental ward was all the more notable, his brother says, for one extraordinary fact: he was not the least bit deranged. Angered by a dispute over land, he had merely filed a series of complaints against the local g

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AP

A father who organized a support group for other parents whose children were sickened in one of China's worst food safety scandals was convicted and sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for inciting social disorder, his lawyer said. Zhao L

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dailymail.co.uk/news/

American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board.

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Reuters

The giant fiscal stimulus and bank lending spree that China launched 2 years ago saved the world from recession. What can Beijing do for a follow-up act? Internationally, the success of the unprecedented pump-priming has accelerated a shift in econom

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Daily Mail

The chanting, when it ­began, sounded angry. I was in my hotel room in Beijing trying to put ­together a report on ­political repression for the Today programme and this ­sounded as if it might be just what I needed. I had been in China for more t

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