DTC - Investment in China: Different Financial Terrain/Wall Street Embraces Sovereign Wealth Funds
Segment 1: Investment in China: Different Financial Terrain
Is China’s economy a bubble that’s poised to pop at any moment, or is it poised to continue its remarkable run? Fixed-asset investment as a percentage of GDP has reached nearly 50%. Rapid growth requires huge amounts of capital investment. Investors in China expect to make [...]
DTC - Letter from “China’s Conscience”: An Unpleasant Reality
Known as “China’s Conscience”, Lawyer Gao Zhisheng was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times. He was named one of China’s top-ten lawyers in 2001 and has worked for China’s vulnerable groups: coal miners, home-demolition victims, and house church members. In August 2006, Mr. Gao was arrested, and a few months later, [...]
DTC - China and U.S. cyber war
In 2005, the Pentagon logged more than 79,000 attempted intrusions into their network. About 1,300 were successful, including the penetration of computers linked to the Army’s 101st and 82nd airborne Divisions and the 4th Infantry Division. In August and September that year, Chinese hackers penetrated US State Department computers in several parts of the world. [...]
DTC - Making of “Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint”
Born into a wealthy merchant family, Thopaga’s life was suddenly turned upside down after his father died. On his death bed, Thopaga’s father entrusted his fortune and his family to his brother who promised to give his fortune back to Thopaga when he came of age.
But, the uncle and aunt subjected Thopaga and his mother [...]
DTC - Taiwan’s entrance to the U.N.
On July 20, 2007, the Taiwanese government announced that is has applied for U.N. membership under the name Taiwan, which drew an immediate condemnation from mainland China. This move by President Chen Shui-bian is the latest tactic in a long campaign to promote Taiwan’s sovereignty. The decision to apply for U.N. membership under the [...]
DTC - Freedom First, Olympics Second
The opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic games is less than a year away, and the Chinese government is trying very hard to deliver a flawless Olympic spectacle, which is widely viewed as a metaphor for China’s rising power.
Beijing is well ahead in preparing for the influx of more than two million Olympics spectators [...]
