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In Other News…Pissed Indigenous Peeps!

• East Asia-Pacific

In completely unrelated stories, there is suddenly a flurry of protest activity this week by pissed off indigenous peeps that are creating a bit of chaos on two different continents. In China, pro-Tibetan-rights peeps are facing of against a crushing Chinese military presence in Tibet and Sichuan; and in Australia, pro-Aboriginal-rights groups had a bizarrely brazen “attack” on Aussie Prime Minister Julia Gillard! Crikey! The Professor covers a bit of background on these events and offers some hypotheses about why that are happening now, and what they are all about.

Keywords: Tibet, Sichuan, China, Australia, Aborigines, Tibetans, indigenous, rights, independence, autonomy

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In Other News…7.08.11

The Professor gives his take on a couple of international stories he thinks are of much greater significance this week than the droll domestic drivel that is forced upon the American public on a daily basis. This week:
...Dalia Lama in DC
...Happy Birthday South Sudan
...Germany sells Saudi Arabia 200 tanks
...Last space shuttle launch for US
and…rare earth metals found in the Atlantic?

Related Plaidcasts:
Arabian Arms Race On!

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Sino Sniping Has International Impacts

• World
• East Asia-Pacific
• The Americas

Synopsis: US-Chinese relations suddenly seem to be at a recent all-time low. The US arms sale to Taiwan, US President meeting with the Dalai Lama, Google China getting hacked, and US Secretary of State Clinton commenting on human rights in China, have collectively caused the Sino-Giant to super-size its rage against the US machine. But the Plaid Avenger tells you why there’s nothing really to fear from this…it is really just business as usual…and it won’t result in any big changes to the relationship between these two world titans. However, China’s fury will be causing impacts on the international agenda of the US and Team West, namely in regard to Iran, North Korea, and even global warming. Check it out!

Other Plaidcasts mentioned:
02.05.10 - Taiwan’s Tricky Sticky Status

10.06.09 - Diplomatic Dali Diss to Save 6-Party

03.11.09 - Chi Slamma’ Lama

Related Stories:
U.S.-China growing pains
Testing Time for U.S.-China Relations
US-China tensions continue over Google
China Renews Opposition to Iran Sanctions

Keywords: US, China, Taiwan, Tibet, Iran, North Korea, Obama, Dalai Lama, Hilary Clinton, global warming, human rights, Google

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