China

Cuba’s ranking in EIU’s Democracy Index

December 16, 2011

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) just released its report Democracy Index 2011: Democracy Under Stress. Per the report: “The index provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide for 165 independent states and two territories—this covers almost the entire population of the world and the vast majority of the world’s independent states (micro states are [...]

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Privileged children of the revolution

November 26, 2011

Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal carries an excellent article on the privileged lives of the Chinese Communist Party’s offspring: The offspring of party leaders, often called “princelings,” are becoming more conspicuous, through both their expanding business interests and their evident appetite for luxury, at a time when public anger is rising over reports of official corruption [...]

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Risky business

November 16, 2011

The Economist weighs in on the risk of foreign businesses operating in Cuba:  Standing beside Belarusian tractors and Chinese machine parts at Havana’s annual trade fair last month, Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba’s foreign trade minister, said the presence of 3,000 executives from over 60 countries proved the appeal of joint commercial ventures with the Cuban government. [...]

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Paving way for Chinese carrier visit?

November 7, 2011

In a November 2nd e-mail newsletter, East-Asia-Intel.com questioned if General Guo Boxiong’s official trip to Cuba may have paved the way for China’s aircraft carrier to visit. Gen. Guo (Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission is responsible for weapon equipment and logistics of the Chinese armed forces) visited Havana at the end of last month meeting with high-ranking members of the [...]

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Senior Chinese military official to visit Cuba

October 23, 2011

Via Xinhuanet: Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, General Guo Boxiong left Beijing today to pay official goodwill visits to Cuba, Colombia and Peru. Guo was invited by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), Colombia’s Defense Ministry and Peru’s Defense Ministry. Guo will meet state and military leaders and visit the armed forces and [...]

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Cuba this week

October 16, 2011

Laura Pollan, the heroic founder and leader of the Ladies in White, died Friday night of cardiorespiratory failure. [Washington Post] The United States offered to let a convicted Cuban spy return home in exchange for the release of an imprisoned American, but Cuba rebuffed the offer. [AP] A Cuban flag flies over a Venezuelan Army [...]

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