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Beware Fake Chinese Silver Coins of US States Sold on Ebay

Sunday, 1 April 2007 9:03 A GMT-06
On EBay, I recently purchased a "50% silver coin" featuring the state of Utah. The seller was Gongmart. The coin was beautiful, but I was surprised that it was shipped from China and would not have purchased it if I had known because China

China Techfaith Wireless: CNTF - An Exciting Wireless Stock

Thursday, 2 March 2006 11:20 P GMT-06
An amazing fact about China is that cell phones are booming, with 29% of the population now using mobile phones. Companies like Nokia and Motorola are selling millions of phones there, and could be good investments to take advantage of China's boom.

US Military Operations to Be Outsourced to China?

Saturday, 30 July 2005 8:23 A GMT-06
In a move aimed at bringing defense spending under control and making America's military more cost effective than ever, President Bush announced today that most US military bases and other defensive operations will be outsourced to China. "Ou

Hmong History in Paintings: The Work of Cy Thao

Friday, 22 July 2005 9:41 P GMT-06
An excellent and brief overview of Hmong history and the migration of the Hmong people from Laos is told in a series of paintings by Cy Thao at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Many America

China Acquires Magnetic North Pole

Monday, 11 July 2005 10:24 A GMT-06
President Bush today announced that the US was giving the Magnetic NorthPole to China for "more economically efficient development," relying on theSupreme Court's recent decision in Kelo v. New London. This decision allowsthe government to

Google Censors News in China - Why Not US, Too?

Thursday, 23 September 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
A news story in WorldNetDaily.com, "Google censoring search results in China: Query doesn't bring up news stories critical of Beijing Communists," shows that Google is going beyond the normal state-imposed cens

Communist Government in Laos Continues to Butcher Hmong People

Monday, 20 September 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
The human rights abuses of the Communist Laotian government continue in their persecution of the mountain tribe of Hmong people. "Children of Laos tribe 'butchered by soldiers'" is a disturbing story reported by Kim Sengupta in the Indepen