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Monitor The Strategic Trends
Introduction:
The original birth of civilization began in the Middle East and migrated westward - to Greece, to Rome, and then to the nations of northern Europe. As Henry Luce so aptly quipped in 1941, ''The twentieth century was the American Century.'' And indeed it was. But the centroid of power continues to migrate westward: it is widely anticipated that the 21st century will be the ''Asian Century.''
With recent shifts in the economic centers of the world, most notably the decline of the U.S., the Far East is quickly rising to fill the void.
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The Asian Century February 19, 2008
The Rise of India December 11, 2007
Taiwan Provokes China with UN Bid August 07, 2007
Rise of the Red Dragon April 17, 2007
China Prepares for War November 14, 2006
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China Update, Part 2: Economics in China by Mary Miller, Koinonia Institute
China Update, Part 1: Religion in China by Chuck Missler
Kings of the East, Part 2 The Rise of India by Chuck Missler
The Centroid Continues Westward: The Kings of the East by Chuck Missler
The Rise of Asia: An Overlooked "King of the East"? by Chuck Missler
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Documents
U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China - The Cox Report
Related Sites
China-U.S. Relations - Yahoo! Full Coverage
Statement on the President's Request for Most Favored Nation (MFN) Trade Status for China - Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Kyodo News - News from Japan
News Sources
China Says 82 People Detained in Olympic Plots - China has detained 82 suspected terrorists in the first half of the year on allegations that they were plotting attacks against next month's Olympics. Police nabbed the suspects in raids on five separate terrorist rings in the traditionally Muslim Xinjiang region of China's far west.
More Power Cuts Loom in China - A worsening coal shortage means that China faces the prospect this summer of the most extensive power cuts it has seen in four years.
China Prepares Olympic Bible Giveaway - China has gone one step further to dispel concerns that Olympic athletes would be barred from bringing Bibles with them to China this summer. It is now preparing to give away tens of thousands of Christian texts in Beijing and other Olympic co-host cities. Athletes and visitors alike will be able to obtain free copies of the Bible, New Testament and booklets with the four Gospels during the Games next month.
5 Million Homless in China - China is grappling with the next massive task in the aftermath of its earthquake — how to shelter the 5 million people left homeless.
China Quake Left 18,000 Buried in One City - The toll of the dead and missing continues to soar as rescue workers dig through flattened schools and homes in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. The official Xinhua News Agency said the death toll exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province alone, and 18,645 were still buried in debris in the city of Mianyang, near the epicenter of Monday's massive, 7.9-magnitude quake.
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