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Wall Street Journal Pans Romney&#39;s Job Plan
Wall Street Journal Pans Romney's Job Plan
OPINION
Sep 7, 2011 12:26 PM CDT

Wall Street Journal Pans Romney's Job Plan

It's too timid, not conservative enough, editorial argues

(Newser) - Mitt Romney’s big list of 59 economic policy prescriptions is a swing and a miss, as far as the famously conservative editors of the Wall Street Journal are concerned. “We’ll say this for it: His ideas are better than President Obama’s,” the editors write. But...

Chinese Tycoon to Buy Chunk of Iceland

Put critics are worried about the idea of China getting its hands on their land

(Newser) - How much does it cost to purchase 0.3% of Iceland? About $8.8 million, learned one Chinese tycoon who plans to do just that. Huang Nubo has made a provisional deal to buy 115 square miles of wilderness in the northeastern part of the country, which the real estate...

&#39;Beijing Is a Nightmare&#39;: Ai Weiwei

 'Beijing Is a 
 Nightmare': 
 Ai Weiwei 
opinion
Aug 29, 2011 11:51 AM CDT

'Beijing Is a Nightmare': Ai Weiwei

Activist artist describes city of repression and hopelessness

(Newser) - Free from the “mental torture” of his jail cell , Ai Weiwei turns his pen to his home city. There are two Beijings, he writes for Newsweek : "One is of power and of money," the other "one of desperation." The millions who come to Beijing each...

World's No. 1 Brew: China's Snow Beer

Chinese brand has been the top brew for three years

(Newser) - For the past three years, the biggest-selling beer in the world was a brew you've probably never heard of: China's Snow Beer, reports the Telegraph . And with the Chinese beer market surging by 10% a year, expect Snow to grow even bigger. Though not as well known as...

Biden to China: 'I Fully Understand' 1-Child Policy

Critics: Policy pushes abortions, sterilizations

(Newser) - Joe Biden was mere hours away from wrapping up a gaffe-free four-day visit to China when he said he fully understood China's one-child policy. The vice president, discussing the US debt during a Q&A session at a university in Chengdu, said: "You have no safety net. Your...

Brawling Hoyas a Hit in China
 Brawling Hoyas a Hit in China 
Aug 22, 2011 8:47 AM CDT

Brawling Hoyas a Hit in China

Yesterday's game was packed, but fight-free

(Newser) - Last week's brawl between a Chinese professional basketball team and the Georgetown Hoyas may have made for embarrassed officials, but it also made the Hoyas a hot ticket, reports ABC News . Yesterday's game in Shanghai was the first since the fight, and half an hour before the start...

Joe Biden to China: 'US Never Will Default'

VP calls on China to rein in North Korea, Iran, and allow more freedom

(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden wrapped up his five-day visit to China with a strong message of China-US interdependence and firm promises that the United States would never default on its debt, reports Reuters . Speaking in the southwest city of Chengdu earlier today, Biden emphasized the continued strength of the US...

Georgetown 'Goodwill' Game in China Ends in Brawl

Joe Biden speech nearly does, too

(Newser) - It was called a “goodwill” trip—but Georgetown’s voyage to China has resulted in bad blood. An exhibition game between the Hoyas and a Chinese team ended in a massive brawl on court, the Washington Post reports. Punches weren’t the only thing being thrown: Chairs and full...

Another Tibetan Monk Burns Himself to Death

Tsewang Norbu dies in self-immolation protest

(Newser) - A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire today in southwest China while calling out the Dalai Lama's name, the latest in a string of self-immolation protests in that country as well as North Africa. Tsewang Norbu, 29, "drank petrol, sprayed petrol on himself, and then set himself...

US' New China Ambassador Vows Unity

Gary Locke is first Chinese American to fill post

(Newser) - Gary Locke was "humbled and honored" to today become the first Chinese American to serve as America's ambassador to China, showing a clear eye on cooperation between the two global powers in facing common challenges. "If our people, our business people, our scientists, our students can really...

Ai Weiwei: Jail Was 'a Kind of Mental Torture'

Ai jailed for his criticisms of government, not tax evasion, says associate

(Newser) - Ai Weiwei spent his nearly three-month detention in a tiny cell, watched 24 hours a day by guards who were never more than 30 inches away whether he slept, showered, or used the toilet. “It is designed as a kind of mental torture, and it works well,” the...

China Discovers 22 Fake Apple Stores in Single City

Stores ordered to stop using Apple logo without permission

(Newser) - Following embarrassing reports of fake Apple Stores in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming, city officials decided to track down all the shops improperly using Apple brands and logos—and discovered 22 of them, reports the BBC . The shops were ordered to stop using Apple's logo, as local law...

Guy Proposes ... as a Dancing Carrot

And he gets the girl

(Newser) - If your girlfriend's favorite color is orange and you want to propose, maybe dressing yourself and 48 friends as giant carrots is the best way to get her to say yes. That is what one lovestruck Chinese man did recently for China's Valentine's Day in the city...

China Puts Brakes on Bullet Trains

Will slow trains by 30mph while it also conducts safety checks

(Newser) - China is putting the brakes on its vaunted system of high-speed trains, following a derailment last month that killed 40 and sparked such fury that Beijing had to order a media blackout on negative coverage . China's fastest trains will be slowed by about 30mph to 185mph beginning next month,...

Sea Trials Begin for China's First Aircraft Carrier

Move is mostly symbolic but still 'a milestone'

(Newser) - In a highly symbolic move, China today began carrying out sea trials for its first aircraft carrier. The 300-meter-long vessel sounded its horn three times before heading out to sea around the port of Dalian, where it has spent the decade since it was purchased from Ukraine being refurbished, according...

London Riots: Iran to London Cops: Hey, Show Restraint

 Iran to London Cops: 
 Hey, Show Restraint 
london riots
Aug 9, 2011 7:56 AM CDT

Iran to London Cops: Hey, Show Restraint

And other updates from the chaos

(Newser) - Police are struggling to restore order on the streets of London after three days of rioting and looting. Here are some updates from the Telegraph's exhaustive coverage:
  • David Cameron seemed to criticized the police effort , saying it needed to be “more robust,” and saying that the number
...

New Tibetan Prime Minister Sworn In

Lobsang Sangay will follow Dalai Lama's policies

(Newser) - A Harvard-trained legal scholar was sworn in today as the new head of the Tibetan government-in-exile, taking over from the Dalai Lama as leader of his people's fight for freedom. Lobsang Sangay, who was elected in April by tens of thousands of Tibetans in exile, was surrounded by hundreds...

China Blasts US Debt 'Addiction'

Irate over credit downgrade, Beijing lets loose

(Newser) - If Washington thought last night's credit downgrade was a just a nightmare, it woke up this morning to the cold, hard reality of China bashing it over the head for its free-spending ways. In what the New York Times calls a sign of America's plummeting global cachet, Beijing...

Chinese Villagers Say Government Stole Babies

Rampant abuse from Chinese family planning officials revealed

(Newser) - Yuan Xinquan was holding his baby daughter at a bus stop when a handful of men leapt out of a government van, and demanded he present his marriage license or pay a $745 fine. When he could do neither, they confiscated the baby. “They are pirates,” he says....

China Ejects Olympic Champ for Punching Coach

Wang Meng is country's most-decorated Winter Olympian

(Newser) - China's most decorated Winter Olympic medalist has been kicked off her team and disqualified from competing after she punched her team manager. When 26-year-old Wang Meng was chastised for a late return to training camp after a night of drinking, the short track speed skater and teammate Liu Xianwei...

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