China’s economy needs help too

Article by: Cait O’Callaghan

“…China is losing a lot of money and its economy is slowly down-turning.”

Yasheng Huang, a professor of political economy and international management from the MIT Sloan School of Management came to Suffolk on Monday to talk about the dynamics and challenges of China’s economy.

The author of 2008’s Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics, Huang talked about China’s consumption decline, their rural economy and China’s biggest challenge: rebalancing their economy.

Many products in America have “Made in China” engraved on it. This is because China produces a lot of easy to make items, like shoes and shirts, and sells it to nations like the United States and countries in Western Europe.

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Annual show is so good, its sinful

Article by: Angela Bray

In the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in Jan., the Caribbean Student Network’s (CSN’s) 21st annual Cultural Fashion Show is dedicated to the victims of the tragedy.

Tickets are free, but the CSN is asking attendees to make a donation of their choice that will be equally divided through S.O.U.L.S. for five causes: Partners in Health, St. Boniface Haiti Foundation, Janbe: Bridges to Haiti, the Haitian Soccer Federation, and Food for the Poor.

Differing from past shows at the C. Walsh Theater, this year’s will take place in the Holiday Inn Ballroom on Saturday at 7 p.m. and is intended to be more upscale and formal.

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World Briefs March 3, 2010

Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda—A group of about 100 gays and lesbians met in secret to discuss their response to a pending Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which calls for the death penalty for some gay acts, according to GlobalPost.com. The event was organized by Rev. Mark Kiyimba of the Uganda Unitarian Universalist Church. “Our conference showed that religion does not need to be an enemy to the cause of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] concerns. What is at stake here is religious freedom, human rights and minority protections,” he told GlobalPost. Kiyimba is married, but declares himself as bisexual. The participants resolved to petition the parliament to reject the current bill and instead move to decriminalize homosexuality

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Why Operation Moshtarak is a responsible way to fight the war (Part I of II)

Article by: Alex Pearlman

“You have to understand that if you don’t do what you say, we’ll all be killed.” These are ominous words to anyone, but to General Stanley McChrystal, it’s nothing more than the truth. One of 450 tribal elders and scholars from the Helmand Province who gathered in Kabul earlier this month, readying the U.S., British, NATO and Afghan forces against the Taliban, said those words to McChrystal, who then passed the message along to President Obama, who responded, “Do not clear and hold what you are not willing to build and transfer.”

Time Magazine this week recounted this story in their feature “Taking it to the Taliban,” which details the plans for the allied offensive against the insurgency in the southern-central Helmand Province city of Marjah.

The Obama Administration has for months insisted that they are not fighting President Bush’s war. Now, it finally seems like they’re telling the truth.

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