Torbjørn Færøvik's Blog, page 1393

Will China kill all of Africa’s elephants?

In Africa, there are now two  million nationals from the People’s Republic of China  They are here to extract Africa’s resources: its oil, its minerals. But they are also eating Africa. Read more

Facing Off with China: U.S., Japan, Allies All the Way to NATO Strengthen Opposition to Aggression

War games and even war threats are proliferating in Asia following President Obama's trip, but confrontation with China may now be less likely following U.S. strengthening of its alliances with Japan and the Philippines. Read more

Is China More Democratic Than The U.S.?

Contrary to western stereotypical views on China's democratic centralism, democratic procedures from information exchange to consensus seeking are in fact the backbones and lifeblood of the country's collective decision-making, writes Hu Angang, director of the Center for China Studies in Beijing. Read more

Is China losing faith in North Korea?

Beijing's contingency plans for the fall of Kim Jong-un have apparently been leaked to the media. What does this mean for Pyongyang's relations with its only major ally? Read more

Vietnamese protests against China gather pace, fuelling regional tension

More than 1,000 people gather outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi, testing response of Vietnamese government. Les mer

Q & A: M. Taylor Fravel on China’s Dispute With Vietnam

M. Taylor Fravel, an associate professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, answers questions from The New York Times on the latest events off the coast of Vietnam. Read more

The ‘Coming Home’ of Zhang Yimou and Gong Li

“Coming Home,” a new film by Zhang Yimou about the ravages wrought on a family by decades of political violence in China and how they (kind of) overcome them, stars Gong Li, his legendary muse. It made Steven Spielberg cry, the Chinese news media reported. Read more

Brende får sterk kritikk for Dalai Lama-håndtering

Buskerud-delegaten Tore E. Brath, som til daglig er er advokat, kom med meget skarp kritikk fra talerstolen på Høyres landsmøte: - Jeg er overrasket og veldig skuffet. Norge legger seg flat overfor Kina. Kina vil ta dette som et svakhetstegn. Og Kina-kjennere sier at det motsatte vil skje enn hva Norge tror. Les mer

- Hvis jeg var gift, og hadde to barn, så ville jeg hatt mange flere rynker enn jeg har nå

Dalai Lama bøyer seg frem, søker blikkontakt, og begynner å snakke. Les mer

Geir Lundestad: - Det kan skje mye i Kina

Jeg har nok mine private tanker om måten regjeringen har gått fram på, men det er ikke min rolle å gi råd om hva de skal gjøre for å bedre forholdet til Kina. Jeg tror vi bare skal slå fast at Nobelkomiteen og regjeringen har helt ulike oppgaver, sier Nobel-direktør Geir Lundestad til Dagsavisen. Les mer