US media write little about the men who run #China. Here’s a great piece in Foreign Policy on the next cohort. foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/… — Andrew McLaughlin (@McAndrew) August 13, 2012 It is a great piece that shares little known facts about the Rising Tiger, like all the elites dye their hair black (usually with “jet-black …
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China said Thursday it would offer $20 billion in new loans to Africa, underscoring the relationship’s growing importance, as Chinese companies agreed to operate more responsibly on the resource-rich continent. Beijing has poured money into Africa over the last 15 years, seeking to tap into its vast natural resources, and China became the continent’s largest …
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Government leaders, bankers and corporate CEOs took advantage of the gathering of 50,000 people at Rio+20 — the largest meeting in U.N. history — to announce new partnerships, programs and investments. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the $513 billion in commitments “a significant legacy of this conference — billions of dollars’ worth of actions and …