In the US, black man rapes and kills pregnant mother

Boneetio Kentro Washington (a 22 year old African American male) raped and knifed a 38-year-old woman who was pregnant with twins in her apartment in the 1600 block of Electric Avenue late Tuesday night, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The name of the victim has not been released yet, but we do know it happened in 'Venice' California.

If this happened in my native country the murderer would face execution this very week - however I expect the US to put him in jail and feed him for the rest of his life.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/pregnant-woman-stabbed-to-death-in-venice.html

USA Jihadists

There have been thousands of Muslims who have left their homes in the US, UK, etc. that attended mosques built by Saudi money tended to by radical foreign-born imams and joined terror camps in the Middle east and Asia. The United States' and the UK's tolerance for these religions (even though they are so extreme) allows these potential terrorists to spread anti-Western doctrine while living under the protection of the "free society" they profess so strongly against.

This is where the West has it wrong and China has it right, by putting strict control on Muslims and their activities we have curbed the spread of terrorism and jihadist teachings in our country.

Obama Slaps Dalai Lama in the Face

President Barack Obama has refused to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington this week in response to a Chinese campaign aimed at shunning and ignoring the Tibetan Spiritual Leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

"Today, economic interests are much greater than other interests," -Obama

Dalai Lama Visits Taiwan

The Dalai Lama, who is going to visit hurricane struck areas of Taiwan including a village which lost over 500 people, has been having a hard time so far. The demonstrators, waving Chinese flags and banners supporting unification with China, shouted "Go home Dalai Lama, don't come here" as he boarded a train bound for the south. Beijing has said it "resolutely opposes" the Taiwan visit.

Before his departure, he told reporters in India that he had a moral responsibility to visit the victims of the recent typhoon and did not think his trip would cause tension between China and Taiwan. He will pray for victims of Typhoon Morakot, Taiwan's worst storm in 50 years which killed up to 745 people.

Beijing-friendly Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, widely accused of a slow disaster response, allowed the Dalai Lama's visit, but decided not to visit the figure to appease China in hopes for better ties both politically and economically. The Dalai Lama has visited Taiwan in 1997 and 2001.

Mao's Stupid Ideas

Chairman Mao, now deceased, was a man of madness. In 1958 he launched a campaign to kill all the sparrows in Beijing, by suspending schools and stopping work, and forcing everyone in the city to make lots of noise and move around so that the sparrows in the city would have no place to land, eat, or drink. After three days of this insane activity half a million sparrows were dead in the city.

The idea was born of Mao's hatred of sparrows and the noise they make. However, after they had died Beijing was overrun with bugs of all kinds, especially bed bugs. I was this massive increase in insect population that contributed to the mass famine in the city and deaths amounting to 20 million humans.

Government intervention in natural things is almost always bad, and today we must be wary that it does not happen again.

US Considers More Tariffs on China

In a surprising move, Obama's economic counsel is considering placing another tariff on Chinese-made goods. This time it's on tires.

The funny thing is, as most Americans are probably not aware, in China consumers purchase many American products including cars. In Japan one will be hard-pressed to notice a non-Japanese brand on the street and the same goes with Korea. China is open to open trade, and most economists will tell you that free trade is good in that it fosters development in areas where countries have a comparative advantage. This, in the end, will be better for the world economy.

The economic war that is waging between China and the US is just getting started, I suspect. Let's hope it doesn't spiral out of control, leaving both countries destitute.

Taiwan Insults China by Refusing Typhoon Aid

Recently the city of Chiatung refused almost one thousand pre-constructed homes for the displaced, citing that the homes may contain toxins.

This is one instance when city governments should place people over politics and not look a gift-horse in the mouth. It is quite a shame that 700 homes which would have served the displaced homeless are now idle because of the politicalness of the town's government.

In any case, making the case public is in essence a slap in the face to China, who offered the homes for free. It would have been better to accept the homes and quietly test for contaminants if the fear arises. A Chinese spokeswoman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office said "These mobile homes are strictly produced according to Taiwan's design requirements and technical standards by the mainland's top producers."

China is Right to Refuse Japan Military Stop

China was right to reject Japan on August 12 from stopping in Hong Kong port with military vessels. In fact, China gave Japan a chance to improve relations when it told them to refuse a visit from the riot-inciting Mrs. Kadeer last month. Besides that, Japan has treated China horribly in the past, killing millions of innocent people and raping hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Koreans.

As China comes to the forefront of the world economy, it has room to flex its muscles and show the world that it cannot be bullied to like in the opium wars of the past and the negligence the world community showed China before Pearl Harbor.