Washington Post on China

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(1) Rama Lakshmi, India imports 15,000 Chinese laborers to build, teach infrastructure projects. Washington Post, Oct. 23, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/23/AR2010102303990.html
("The Indian workers are learning a new work ethic from the Chinese and are now more punctual, not stopping work to take frequent tea-breaks or gossip, [Indian] managers said.")

(2) Václav Havel and Desmond M. Tutu, If China frees Nobel winner, it will show its strength. Washington Post, Oct. 22, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/21/AR2010102105090.html

(3) David Ignatius, In China, it's all about prosperity, not freedom. Washington Post, Oct. 21, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/20/AR2010102004820.html

Quote: "Chinese don't seem to know much about Xi Jinping, the man who this week became heir apparent to President Hu Jintao, beyond the fact that he is a "princeling" son of power and that he is married to a star singer. This makes him a man who is likely to maintain the status quo -- and perhaps reform the system and spread the wealth just enough to keep any dissenters quiet. For most Chinese I encountered, those qualities seem to be enough.

My comment: There is no need to read the rest.

(4) Flaws in D.C.'s online voting system should serve as a warning to all states. Washington Post, Oct. 19, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/18/AR2010101804529.html
("Most chilling, as Mr. [University of Michigan professor J. Alex] Halderman told a D.C. Council committee, was the discovery that computer users in Iran and China were also trying to infiltrate the system. Needless to say, election officials canceled the rollout of the pilot, planned for the Nov. 2 election, although overseas voters will be able to print ballots and mail them in.")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest.

(5) Keith B. Richburg, As China's wealth grow in numbers, so do their protectors. Washington Post, Oct. 19, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/19/AR2010091904175.html
("They work as drivers or nannies, or blend into a businessman's coterie looking like a secretary, a briefcase carrier or a toady. Unlike bodyguards in the United States, they are generally not tall and imposing; in fact, many are women, on the theory that females in the retinue attract less attention. And also unlike in the United States, they are never armed, since private citizens in China are largely prohibited from owning firearms. Rather, Chinese bodyguards are martial arts experts.")

Note:
(a) Michael ZHE/ Beijing VSS Security Consulting Ltd
者 美杰/ 中国北京伟之杰安保咨询服务有限公司
http://www.vss911.cn/
(b) Patrick PUN/ Newcogs 潘 争/晶桓互动
http://www.newcogs.com

Judging from the spelling of the surname, I'd guess he is Cantonese.

(6) Juan Forero, Brazilian scientists turning nation into an agro-power. Washington Post, Oct. 16, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/16/AR2010101604144.html

Quote:

"Once seen as a wasteland, the Cerrado is now the motor of an agro-industry so potent that Brazil threatens to surpass the United States as breadbasket to the world.

"Brazil, however, is perhaps best known as a dominant power in the exportation of foodstuffs, from meat to poultry, orange juice to coffee. Other rising giants, most notably China, cannot get enough of Brazil's soybeans and beef, its two signature exports.

"[Brasil's] agribusiness accounts for a quarter of GDP and 40 percent of exports

Note: Cerrado
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrado


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