English: Logo of the People’s Daily 中文: 人民日报题字 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is a MUST READ article that is on the front-page of China’s influential Peoples’ Daily. Check it out!
Let’s hope that David Cameron sticks to his script and does not try to gain political points on the hoof. Because of Cameron’s unguarded comments in the past, the UK has received far fewer trading opportunities to date than countries like Germany.
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English: Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Southern California (Video of the speech) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is a MUST READ article by Edward Luce, published in the FT. It’s currently top of the FT’s most-read list. Check it out!
via Barack Obama’s White House legacy: avoid it like the plague – FT.com.
It’s widely known that Obama is a lame-duck president with limited power. Indeed, some like my colleague, John Gelmini, believe that Obama has always been a lame-duck.
Surely, the acid-test is the results and the achievement? I shall leave my US colleagues to debate US healthcare but, for me, the focus remains firmly on US foreign policy and effective deployment of US military muscle. The FT article concludes that Obama still has half his term to go. Surely, another two years of Obama signals greater risk than opportunity?
Surely, Obama is now only after the money that comes after his second term, otherwise, if he was really public spirited he should resign and give a more effective leader a chance?
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