WikiLeaks Fallout – Part II Leaked US State Department cables, more than 2500 published in diverse news outlets so far, offer glimpses into methods and goals of individual US diplomats. This two-part series explores how WikiLeaks adds to diplomatic challenges around the globe. The second article, written by author and journalist Frank Ching, examines one of the more thoughtful cables. In January 2009, Clark T. Randt, then US ambassador to China, briefly reviewed Chinese progress in a cable marking the 30th anniversary of US-China relations, and offered predictions.... More News... Tunisia Protests Serve Warning to Autocratic Middle Eastern Regimes Kristen Chick The Christian Science Monitor, 14 January 2011 Fury about unemployment and corruption grows in Tunisia and other nations A Walled Wide Web for Nervous Autocrats Evgeny Morozov The Wall Street Journal, 13 January 2011 Paranoid nationalism may end the era of global tech services – and free global communications Pentagon Must "Buy American," Barring Chinese Solar Panels Keith Bradsher The New York Times, 11 January 2011 To boost solar-panel sales, US and Europe subsidize buyers while China subsidizes manufacturers |
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