The jury may be out permanently on the old question of if money can buy happiness, but that hasn’t stopped wealthy Chinese families from trying.…
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HOW THE STATES RANK IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE SCALE OF 1 (BEST) TO 10 (WORST) GROUP 1 Montana + Adequate water ++…
World’s largest palm oil trading company, Wilmar International Ltd., under scrutiny as communities accuse its suppliers of harassment, deception and rights abuses. Oil palm giant Wilmar…
At the moment, the issue of debt slavery is very topical because of the case of Greece; but it is an issue that has a…
China has a complex history in the treatment of the mentally ill. In 1849, the first mental institutions in the country were founded by Western…
From a perspective of continually searching for knowledge and relationships, for synthesizing information into a larger paradigm I have reached a point where the world…
One of the many under‑populated cities visited in this book is Hallstatt, on the outskirts of Huizhou, in Guangdong province. It is a precise copy of Hallstatt in Upper…
Wall Street’s Council on Foreign Relations has issued a major report, alleging that China must be defeated because it threatens to become a bigger power…
“First comes the missionary, then the soldier,” was an old maxim borne out by the bitter experience of a century of bloody colonial conquest in…
Power is the ability to control, to tell what to do, to get your way. Corporations have a lot of power over working people in…
The world capitalist system is arguably experiencing the worst crisis in its 500 year history. World capitalism has experienced a profound restructuring through globalisation over…
China’s increased trade and investment in Latin America over the past decade has resulted in powerful social and environmental impacts such as job losses and…