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- US troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti
- AP
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on March 8, 2010 at 11:26AM EST
- Quote: U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.
- Tags: World, U.S., Haiti, Haiti earthquake, earthquake, foreign aid, Military

- Adios, Amigos
- Foreign Policy
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on March 4, 2010 at 5:44PM EST
- Chris said: As Brazil, Mexico and other rising Latin American countries become powers in their own right, they care less what the US thinks or wants.
- Tags: World, Latin America, hillary clinton, diplomacy, Mexico, brazil

- Focus on rising Chinese political star Bo
- AP
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on March 3, 2010 at 10:20AM EST
- Quote: Chongqing Communist Party boss Bo Xilai is riding a wave of popularity for the anti-gang crusade in the boisterous Yangtze River city that saw dozens of law enforcement officials arrested for collusion. State media have gushed about Bo's resolve in editorials.
- Tags: World, china, dalian, Chongqing, CCP

- After Google: "Dance with Shackles On"
- New Yorker: Letter from China
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on January 19, 2010 at 12:56PM EST
- Quote: If you cut through much of the official Chinese reaction surrounding Google's possible departure from China, the central point is this: "Whatever the real cause for Google's possible move, this case is purely business in nature and it should have nothing to do with political ideology. If this Internet giant has political values, it should never have been involved in such a business."
- Tags: World, china, Technology, google, Google.cn, censorship

- Nationalism: China's new orthodoxy
- The Globe and Mail
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on January 15, 2010 at 6:19PM EST
- Quote: The notion that Mr. Liu might be capable of subverting the immense power of the Communist Party of China is patently absurd. And yet the authorities clearly believe that they had to make an example of him, to prevent others from expressing similar views.
- Tags: World, china, nationalism, Liu Xiaobo, charter 08

- Kristof: Google Takes a Stand
- The New York Times
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on January 15, 2010 at 5:41PM EST
- Quote: Eventually, I think, a combination of technology, education and information will end the present stasis in China. In a conflict between the Communist Party and Google, the party will win in the short run. But in the long run, I’d put my money on Google.
- Tags: World, china, Technology, google, censorship

- The Google news: China enters its Bush-Cheney era
- The Atlantic: James Fallows
- Chris Amico of NewsHour Online linked this on January 13, 2010 at 2:52PM EST
- Chris said: Google (considering) pulling out of China is a bad sign, says Fallows, especially for US-China relations. It's more a political than business issue.
- Tags: World, china, google, human rights, cyber security