BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday condemned the honorary citizen award from Paris for the Dalai Lama, saying it posed "a grave interference in Sino-French relations". Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China was indignant and resolutely opposed Paris's award for the Dalai Lama made despite China's opposition. Qin told a regular press conference it was another overt provocation, following last year's Paris City Council vote to award the Dalai Lama honorary citizenship. "Such a move stirs strong indignation among the Chinese people," Qin said, noting that inevitably, it would severely undermine the cooperation between Paris and Chinese cities, and gravely disturb China-France relations.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China was indignant and resolutely opposed Paris's award for the Dalai Lama made despite China's opposition.
Qin told a regular press conference it was another overt provocation, following last year's Paris City Council vote to award the Dalai Lama honorary citizenship.
"Such a move stirs strong indignation among the Chinese people," Qin said, noting that inevitably, it would severely undermine the cooperation between Paris and Chinese cities, and gravely disturb China-France relations.
The poppy fields and drug barons of Helmand are likely to star in the next James Bond film after scriptwriters sought technical advice from the British embassy in Kabul. Speculation that at least some of the next Bond adventure will be set in the volatile southern province of Afghanistan has been running high since a member of the Foreign Office's drug-busting team in the country began acting as a consultant for the Bond franchise last summer.
Speculation that at least some of the next Bond adventure will be set in the volatile southern province of Afghanistan has been running high since a member of the Foreign Office's drug-busting team in the country began acting as a consultant for the Bond franchise last summer.
Who Knew? | Bloomberg | 23 May 2009
Collins, 59, would head an agency that Obama has made key to his plans for reviving the U.S. economy and overhauling health care. The 27 institutes and centers under the NIH umbrella employ more than 18,000 people and fund research at thousands of universities and medical schools. ... The economic stimulus package that Obama signed into law Feb. 17 adds $10 billion in research funding for the institutes through 2010, expanding a budget that has averaged $29 billion a year since 2005.... A guitar player known to be fond of motorcycles, Collins is also a one-time atheist who wrote a book in 2006 about his Christian beliefs. He took the title, "The Language of God," from comments Clinton made at a 2000 ceremony, "we are learning the language in which God created life."
The economic stimulus package that Obama signed into law Feb. 17 adds $10 billion in research funding for the institutes through 2010, expanding a budget that has averaged $29 billion a year since 2005....
A guitar player known to be fond of motorcycles, Collins is also a one-time atheist who wrote a book in 2006 about his Christian beliefs. He took the title, "The Language of God," from comments Clinton made at a 2000 ceremony, "we are learning the language in which God created life."
Book Review | Harris | Aug 2006
To say that he fails at his task does not quite get at the inadequacy of his efforts. He fails the way a surgeon would fail if he attempted to operate using only his toes. His failure is predictable, spectacular and vile. The Language of God reads like a hoax text, and the knowledge that it is not a hoax should be disturbing to anyone who cares about the future of intellectual and political discourse in the United States.
Today is Doncaster's brand-spanking-new Mayor's first day on the job, and his first engagement of the day was an interview with BBC Radio Sheffield's Toby Foster. I hope Mayor Davies didn't think he was in for an easy ride for his first official interview, because that's not what he got. Over the course of seven and a half minutes, Toby Foster took Mr Davies' election manifesto and pulled it apart, pointing out that he doesn't know what `PC jobs' there are in the council (Mr Davies' reply being "the things that are usually advertised in the [...] Guardian"), that he can't cut translation services for non-English speakers (Toby Foster: "It's more than likely illegal, isn't it?". Peter Davies: "I dunno"), and that he hasn't even though of the possible benefits of funding minority events such as the Gay Pride march (when asked how much money went to funding it, he replies "Haven't got a clue, I haven't looked into... I haven't got the details"). On top of this, he admits that his cuts will mean job losses - which I'm sure the electorate of Doncaster will be happy to hear.
Over the course of seven and a half minutes, Toby Foster took Mr Davies' election manifesto and pulled it apart, pointing out that he doesn't know what `PC jobs' there are in the council (Mr Davies' reply being "the things that are usually advertised in the [...] Guardian"), that he can't cut translation services for non-English speakers (Toby Foster: "It's more than likely illegal, isn't it?". Peter Davies: "I dunno"), and that he hasn't even though of the possible benefits of funding minority events such as the Gay Pride march (when asked how much money went to funding it, he replies "Haven't got a clue, I haven't looked into... I haven't got the details"). On top of this, he admits that his cuts will mean job losses - which I'm sure the electorate of Doncaster will be happy to hear.
broward (homepage, profile) wrote on Wed, 6/10/2009 - 12:47 am For the record, I was a workaholic until around 2006 when I finally realized that outsourcing was going to wipe out the technical end of IT and what's left is the political end which I'm too honest to succeed at. I have no school loans because I worked full-time during most of my college years. The reason this is a discussion about me is so we can avoid the real issue, which is that wages are the problem. Free market fanaticism is the problem. Gov't spending is a counterbalance for the lack of real work and consumer debt is a counterbalance to lack of wages. This is all pretty easy to understand if you actually read the history books instead of listening to Mish. Today I played pool with some retired guys and I have to admit, I liked it better than the jobs I've done during the past five years. Just a bunch of frantic CYA, makework, sabotage and general kookiness like loading 112,000 rows into a web page or having my DA and PM sabotaged by a 30-year-old guy with political power but zero experience. I need to get on disability somehow.
For the record, I was a workaholic until around 2006 when I finally realized that outsourcing was going to wipe out the technical end of IT and what's left is the political end which I'm too honest to succeed at. I have no school loans because I worked full-time during most of my college years.
The reason this is a discussion about me is so we can avoid the real issue, which is that wages are the problem. Free market fanaticism is the problem. Gov't spending is a counterbalance for the lack of real work and consumer debt is a counterbalance to lack of wages.
This is all pretty easy to understand if you actually read the history books instead of listening to Mish.
Today I played pool with some retired guys and I have to admit, I liked it better than the jobs I've done during the past five years. Just a bunch of frantic CYA, makework, sabotage and general kookiness like loading 112,000 rows into a web page or having my DA and PM sabotaged by a 30-year-old guy with political power but zero experience.
I need to get on disability somehow.
