Posts Tagged ‘China’
Supply Chain – Matthew Fecteau
By Matthew Fecteau, op-ed to RINewsToday Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the most serious military conflict in Europe since World War 2 and will be an inflection point for international affairs. It is an object lesson in how natural resources can give rogue nations outsized power and why America desperately needs secure domestic supply chains…
Read MoreEnvironmental reality check – Jeff Gross
by Jeff Gross, contributing writer For the record I am a Conservationist and an Environmentalist. I am also an Independent Conservative. So, I answer to no Party. An hour ago, I saw that China is ready to sign a 100 million ton coal contract with Russia. India just signed a 40 million ton contract with…
Read MoreChina bans copies of foreign design in its architecture
By David Brussat, Architecture Here and There (Photo, top: CCTV headquarters (center right), in Beijing, known as Big Pants. Or is it stomping on the people?) The People’s Republic of China, taking time off from other matters, has issued a decree banning copies of foreign design in its architecture. The decree, as described in the…
Read MoreRI’s Great Pumpkin Grower is Harvard professor under FBI investigation for academic espionage
Known to many in Rhode Island as the winner and finalist from years of Great Pumpkin growing at the Frerichs Farm event, today the FBI charged Harvard Chemistry Chair with failing to disclose funding – $50,000/mo – from the Chinese government. This could lead to a charge of academic espionage, a process by which researchers…
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