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...more than two decades in China, I have seldom seen the foreign business community more angry and disillusioned than it is today. Such sentiment goes beyond the Internet censorship and cyberspying that led to Google's Jan. 12 threat to bail out of China, or the clash of values (freedom vs. control) implied by the Google case. It is about the perception that antiforeign attitudes and policies in China have been growing and hardening since the global economic crisis pushed the U.S. and Europe into a tailspin and launched China to its very uncomfortable stardom on the world stage. (Read...
...carpet to tackle the country's endemic corruption, epidemic pollution, emaciated health care, shredded social services, entrenched industrial overcapacity and swiftly aging population, to name a few. They have little remaining bandwidth, and no experience or desire to be the visionary and magnanimous world leaders who can look beyond China's own often desperate needs that the world wants them...
...field, few were better. Warner freely broadcast his deep religious faith, but was never overbearing about it. He is devoted to his seven kids and it's safe to say you will never see Warner caught in any Tiger Woods imbroglio. He is charitable beyond belief. When the Warners go out to eat, they often pick up the tab for a random family sitting nearby...
...late December, Obama's entire economic team agreed to support the rule, along with limits on the size and scope of banks that go beyond the amendment Kanjorski drew up. Geithner would have preferred to limit risk-taking through tougher rules on leverage and capital - and he's still planning a push on that front - but in an election year, it was easy to see the value of having Volcker inside the tent. "The narrative is changing," Warren says. "In 2010, Congress will have a basic choice between taking the side of banks and taking the side of families...
...around in starched white pinafores, delicate aromas of freshly brewed Darjeeling and Lapsang Souchong, the genteel tinkle of stainless steel on proper china: Whatever happened to the great British tearoom? With the homogenization of the high street, you could be forgiven for thinking they'd all but disappeared. Look beyond the big-brand coffee chains, however, and you'll find them alive and kicking. Here are some of the best...