“China” on The Daily Caller

In this period of “exceptional uncertainty” (to quote Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke), where can investors turn for a considered perspective on the current environment? Produced to feed the beast of the 24-hour news cycle, the bulk of financial journalism and commentary today isn’t worth the servers it is stored on. One notable exception to that rule is Buttonwood, the financial markets column of The Economist. Philip Coggan is the columnist — arguably the most influential position in financial journalism (along with the head of Lex at the Financial Times). (more)

BEIJING — Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said Thursday that China was considering whether to work with the International Monetary Fund to play a greater role in financing Europe’s efforts to end a sovereign debt crisis, but he left it unclear whether China was willing to drop conditions that would make its help unappealing for European countries. (more)

On Chicago’s South Side, there is an environmental activist named Naomi Davis who preaches the gospel of “Grannynomics” to the African-American community. (more)

Here’s a non-partisan question for Mitt Romney, the corporate board of whatever stock you own or, for that matter, those flea-bitten Wall Street occupiers: Why aren’t American CEOs doing more to defend our companies against cyber thievery, from the Chinese and practically everyone else? (more)

KITAMAAT VILLAGE, British Columbia (AP) — The latest chapter in Canada’s quest to become a full-blown oil superpower unfolded this month in a village gym on the British Columbia coast. (more)

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama took China to task for giving its manufacturers a “leg up” through government subsidies. The implication was that such trade practices are unfair and should be discouraged, or even legally prevented through the use of trade cases against offenders. (more)

SHANGHAI (AP) — Retired NBA star Yao Ming has added another line to his post-basketball resume — politician — becoming a member of an advisory body to Shanghai’s legislature. (more)

For the fourth year in a row, the United States has fallen on the Heritage Foundation’s international Index of Economic Freedom. For 2011, the U.S. fell from 9th to 10th, just behind Ireland. (RELATED: IMF providing bailout support to heavily indebted Ireland)
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For the past fifty years the United States has led the world because that was its destiny. World leadership here at the beginning of the 21^st Century is still its destiny. This nation was created to be, as President Reagan was wont to say, “A shining city on a hill” lighting the way for other nations to find the path that leads to freedom, knowledge and prosperity. (more)

Reporting from Beijing— Even the police are driving Porsches. (more)

BEDFORD, N.H. — It’s an issue that has dogged presidential candidate Jon Huntsman since he first got into the  race: How can he be the best-suited Republican to run against President Barack Obama after working in the Obama administration as ambassador to China? (more)

One day before the all-important Iowa caucuses, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continues refusing to clarify his position on free trade with China. (more)

A white paper published on Thursday laid out the country’s five-year plan for the development on new satellites, spacecraft and a space station and provided the official confirmation of China’s lunar ambitions. (more)

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese rival to the U.S. global positioning system network has started providing services in China and the surrounding area. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Tuesday declined to label China a currency manipulator after seeing recent increases in the value of the yuan compared to the dollar. (more)

In 2011, the United States’s sleepy free trade agenda finally got a shot of caffeine, but if the U.S. wants to seriously bolster its economy in 2012, policymakers ought to anchor their boats to the quay of an aggressive free trade agenda. (more)

A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America’s top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members, according to several people familiar with the matter. (more)

Real estate mogul and ever-present TV personality Donald Trump has penned an open letter to President Barack Obama. (more)

BEIJING—The Beijing city government published rules Friday requiring users of popular Twitter-like microblogging services in China to register their real names with service operators, according to state-run media, in the government’s strongest official measure to control the fast-growing industry. (more)

SHANGHAI (AP) — China’s economy is losing steam, with industrial production dropping to its slowest pace in two years last month and inflation also cooling — raising the likelihood of fresh moves to keep growth on track. (more)