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China and North Korea in new diplomatic dance. Together, both can gain with new U.S. administration, JoongAng Dailey, Jan 3, 2009
North Korea and China are showing growing signs of cementing stronger political ties this year in what many experts here said is an effort to secure a better position in the upcoming diplomatic dialogue with [...]

Inside The Ring, By Bill Gertz, China’s pearls, Washington Times, January 1, 2009 , Pg. B1

 A recently published U.S. military report identifies China as the most significant potential threat for the U.S. military in the future and discloses new details of what it describes as Beijing’s efforts to build political influence and military power along [...]

Chinese Exports Blunt U.N. Sanctions, (Washington Times)…Nicholas Kralev, Dec 19, 2008
U.N. sanctions on North Korea, imposed after it tested a nuclear device in 2006, have produced no impact, largely because China has failed to implement the measures and has increased exports of banned luxury goods to the North, according to a new report.
John R. Bolton, [...]

Exiled Tibetans gather in India to discuss new way, By Tim Sullivan, Associated Press, Nov 12, 2008
For 20 years, the exile movement has been guided by the Dalai Lama’s “middle way,” which rejects demands for outright independence but calls for limited autonomy for Tibet. Until very recently, the Dalai Lama had insisted on conciliation, repeatedly [...]

POST: Transformation Leadership. Aditya Birla Group, India’s First Global Corporation
One of the best descriptions of transformational leadership has been penned by Prof. Bernard Bass, a renowned exponent of the idea. He says succinctly,
“Leaders are truly transformational when they increase awareness of what is right, good, important and beautiful, when they help to elevate followers’ needs [...]

Dalai Lama: Tibetans To Vote On New Leadership - November 28, 2007 - The New York Sun
The Tibetan desire for autonomy vs. the Chinese position that Tibet will always be considered part of China would get my vote as one of the best best battles to study in terms of Quality Leadership and strategy. 

AMRITSAR, India [...]

China blames France, EU for summit cancellation, By Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Writer , Nov 27, 2008.
BEIJING – China said Thursday French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to meet with the Dalai Lama — hated by Beijing — left it no option but to pull out of an upcoming China-European Union summit.
“We resolutely oppose the Dalai [...]

BOOK: ”Dynamic Young Engines Driving China’s Epic Boom: Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang,” by Howard W. French, New York Times, 22 October 2008.
Ms. Chang, a former China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, describes this endless flow of labor from the hinterland to the booming cities [...]

US Panel Warns Of Espionage By China, (Boston Globe)…Foster Klug, Associated Press, November 21, 2008
China has stepped up computer espionage attacks on the US government, defense contractors, and American businesses, a congressional advisory panel said yesterday.

POST: The big-war scenario is dead, by Thomas P.M. Barnett on November 13, 2008
OP-ED: Chinese Strait Talk, Wall Street Journal, NOVEMBER 5, 2008
As predicted, Ma and the Kuomingtang change everything vis-a-vis the mainland.
Taiwan will become Hong Kong II, with the issue of sovereignty tabled.
Very practical and very Chinese.
Upshot?
The big-war scenario is dead.