links for 2007-05-02

Concerned by the fast-growing trade deficit with China, U.S. lawmakers are pushing for sanctions and penalties to slow down the Chinese export juggernaut. But many economists and other experts warn that political action may misfire and only hurt American

But correspondents say the Chinese see the document as a potential threat to their economic growth.

But the guidelines proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations network of 2,000 scientists that has produced two landmark reports on global warming this year, are drawing criticism from the United States and China.

In an 1937 article from the journal Far Eastern Survey, I saw The Japan Times described as a “Foreign Office organ.”

The deal will cover operational intelligence, training information, and technical data related to joint research and development programs. It will be in addition to Japan’s current obligations to guard secrets about ships, aircraft, weapons and other equi