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...These mass withdrawals pose a direct, albeit somewhat nebulous, threat to China's legitimate (but often poorly managed) lenders, which are burdened by bad loans to state enterprises and depend heavily on the deposits of ordinary Chinese to remain solvent. If the rest of the country follows Zhejiang's example, the deposit exodus could shake confidence in the entire system, sparking bank runs and a financial crisis. Arthur Kroeber, managing editor of the Beijing-based China Economic Quarterly, says the main reason the government increased interest rates last month by 0.27% for one-year loans and deposits?China's first...
...sitting back and criticizing the actions of the U.S. and Britain. Maciek Puna Secunda, South Africa Recapping the Debates Viewers of the debates could be forgiven for thinking that neither candidate can see the woods for the terrorists [Oct 11.]. No terrorist attack, no matter how dire, could pose the threat to all human life that already exists, gets worse by the day and is studiously ignored by politicians. Yet the environment has scarcely featured in the U.S. presidential election. Terrorists and the war in Iraq make better headlines than the removal of toxins from the environment to ensure...
While the outside hitting arsenal from the Tigers will pose problems for Harvard on tonight, Penn brings a lethal middle attack to the match tomorrow afternoon. In the Crimson’s 3-2 victory over the Quakers at The Palestra, Penn’s middle hitter Michelle Kauffman blitzed Harvard with 20 kills and a .485 hitting percentage on the match. Fellow middle hitter Lynzy Caton turned in 14 kills as well...
It took only a few false reports about WMD for the Bush Administration to invade Iraq because of fears of an imminent threat. So why is nothing being done to resolve Sudan's Darfur crisis [Oct. 4], a proven humanitarian catastrophe? Perhaps it is because that tragedy does not pose any immediate danger to the U.S. and the rest of the developed world. Peace negotiations, U.N. convoys and delegations to assess the nature of the genocide are not the solution for Sudan. What is the difference between the Iraqi insurgents and the government-backed Janjaweed militia in Sudan's Darfur...
...made to feel that I am not dancing with this girl, but rather making an assassination attempt on her life. Her secret service agent friends advance upon us and quickly drag the girl away to dance with them. They have succeeded in protecting her from the dangers I pose...