I feel like I'm cheating you, readers.
"China’s inflation poses risks beyond borders; Money issues can reverberate in the US, too" April 18, 2011|By David Barboza, New York Times
SHANGHAI — As the United States and Europe struggle to get their economies rolling again, China is having the opposite problem: figuring out how to keep its revved-up growth engine from generating runaway inflation.
High inflation endangers China’s status as the low-cost workshop for the world. And if the government’s efforts to fight inflation cause the economy to stumble, that will cloud the outlook for international businesses — whether multinationals like General Electric or copper miners in Chile — that have been counting on China for growth.
I hope they didn't design your nuclear reactors.
Food prices are soaring....
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"China gives first report on role in foreign aid" April 22, 2011|By Gillian Wong, Associated Press
BEIJING — The increasing pace of Chinese aid is evident in many corners of the developing world. It is building roads and railways around Africa, textile mills in Syria, cement plants in Peru, and bridges in Bangladesh....
While AmeriKan "aid" destroys those things.
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"17 die in garment shop fire in China" April 26, 2011|Associated Press
BEIJING — An illegal garment shop in southern Beijing caught fire early yesterday, killing 17 migrant workers and their family members who may not have been able to escape the four-story building because of bars on the windows.
The official Xinhua News Agency said people had to kick out the window bars or leap from the roof to escape. The first-floor garment shop was unlicensed, and the floors above it were used to house workers and their families, Xinhua said....
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Related:
China detains artist for ‘economic crimes’
Cheated on his taxes.
Chinese police stop unapproved worship
Report says Chinese bean sprouts tainted
China seizes tainted milk powder
Don't eat or drink in China.
China will keep birth limit policy, but hints of change are seen
Growth of population in China falls by half
Wow, that was fast.
"2 killed in raid at monastery
BEIJING — Two people have died in a clash with Chinese police raiding a Tibetan Buddhist monastery where tensions have run high over the suicide of a monk, the US-based International Campaign for Tibet said yesterday. Police who have blockaded the Kirti monastery and restricted its residents launched the raid Thursday (AP)."
Related: Tibet elects Harvard scholar as leader
Also see: Spring Cleaning: Tibetan Tidbits
You are getting what the Globe is giving me, dear readers.
