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CHINA MAKING DEMANDS ON FOREIGN AUTO MAKERS
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 China Spooks Auto Makers Foreign Companies Fear New Rules on Electric Cars Will Erode Intellectual Property By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU BEIJING—China’s government is considering plans that could force foreign auto makers to hand over cutting-edge electric-vehicle technology to Chinese companies in exchange for access to the nation’s huge market, international auto executives say.
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CHINA’S RACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
NEW YORK TIMES Sub marks China’s entry in race to exploit sea floor by William J. Broad September 2010 When three Chinese scientists plunged to the bottom of the South China Sea in a tiny submarine early this summer, they did more than simply plant their nation’s flag on the dark seabed. The men, who
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WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF AN EMP ATTACK
Gauging the Threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack September 9, 2010 | 0856 GMT By Scott Stewart and Nate Hughes Over the past decade there has been an ongoing debate over the threat posed by electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to modern civilization. This debate has been the most heated perhaps in the United States, where
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JOHN BOLTON – THE NEW START ARMS-CONTROL TREATY WARNING
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 New Start Is Unilateral Disarmament The treaty’s little-noticed limits on conventional weapons systems will reduce our ability to project power around the world. By JOHN BOLTON The centerpiece of “New Start,” the arms-control treaty that President Barack Obama signed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April, is its reduction in nuclear warheads.
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THE DOWNSIDE OF WIND POWER
AUGUST 23, 2010 Wind Power Won’t Cool Down the Planet Often enough it leads to higher carbon emissions. By ROBERT BRYCE The wind industry has achieved remarkable growth largely due to the claim that it will provide major reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. There’s just one problem: It’s not true. A slew of recent studies
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BOLIVIA’S NEWFOUND WEALTH
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Fortune Underfoot Can Bolivia develop its mineral wealth—and undermine Hugo Chávez? BY Vanessa Neumann August 23, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 46 The stark white landscape of the Salar de Uyuni in the Potosí department of Bolivia is punctuated only by pink flamingos and salt pyramids being slowly shoveled
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WILL GOVERNMENT REGULATION SUPPRESS THE INTERNET AS IT DID THE RAILROADS?
INFORMATION AGE AUGUST 16, 2010 The Railroad Precedent and the Web The FCC bids to become the ICC of the Internet. By L. GORDON CROVITZ ‘The pact to end the Internet as we know it,” said a report on the Huffington Post. Wired’s headline called Google a “net neutrality surrender monkey.” The lobbying group Free
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IS IRAN WORKING ON EMP TECHNOLOGY?
use Minute BARTLETT & PRY: What if Iran already has the bomb? Better to be prepared than surprised By Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, of Maryland serves as ranking member of the air and land forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee and Peter Vincent Pry, president of EMPact America – August 2, 2010 EXCERPT FROM
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U.N. AND NET NEUTRALITY
JULY 22, 2010 The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom The FCC’s move to treat broadband providers like phone company monopolies could spur international efforts to regulate the Web. By ROBERT M. MCDOWELL In 1988, delegates from 114 countries gathered in Melbourne, Australia, to negotiate an international treaty for the future of telecommunications regulation. Since then,
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