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July 2007
- Chrysler Plunges Into China Trade
  
  MarketWatch | Jul 4, 07 12:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a cost-cutting move, Chrysler will introduce cars produced by China's biggest automaker to the US market by late 2009. Chrysler and Chery staged a signing ceremony today in Beijing to allay fears about the American auto giant's new ownership not backing the deal, MarketWatch reports. The first vehicles will hit Latin American and Eastern European markets within a year. More »
- Tech Companies Cool on Indian Outsourcing
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 3, 07 10:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - India, the destination of choice for American tech companies looking for sophisticated but cheap labor, is beginning to lose its appeal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rising pay scales are making it too expensive to justify the complications of globalizing. Now some are outsourcing their outsourcing to slower climes like Vietnam and even Poland. More »
June 2007
- Chinese Kids Tire of Communism
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 26, 07 11:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chinese kids are bored stiff with the Communist philosophy still force-fed in their university system. Classes in Marxism have been mandatory since Mao, but cell-phone-weilding students entranced by China's burgeoning capitalist infrastructure are having trouble relating. "It's something like fiction," one student says of the readings in Das Kapital. More »
- French Government Develops BlackBerry Allergy
  
  Times (UK) | Jun 20, 07 11:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - BlackBerrys may feel like tools of high-tech spycraft, but they're not—or so the manufacturer is attempting to convince the French government. Worried that American intelligence could intercept transmissions from the addictive devices, the government has renewed an apparently futile 18-month-old ban on high-level officials' use, according to the Times of London. More »
- EU Set to Ban Cat and Dog Fur
  
  BBC | Jun 19, 07 6:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The EU is about to ban cat and dog fur imports, in a bid to stop the trade in pet pelts in China, where the way the animals are slaughtered is called "horrific." The fur is used as lining in boots and gloves, in stuffed toys, and in coats marked as everything from rabbit to Asian jackal. More »
- Olympic Schedule Caters to US
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 15, 07 11:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some marquee events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will air live during US prime time, and the schedule is giving international TV execs a scorching case of jet lag. But complaints from outside North America are falling on deaf ears, the Wall Street Journal reports, because money talks: NBC paid $894 million for broadcast rights; Australian TV paid $64 million. More »
- Face It: Court Approves Full Veil at Cairo U
  
  BBC | Jun 12, 07 12:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Women at the American University in Cairo cannot be barred from wearing the traditional Islamic veil covering the entire face, or niqab, a court has ruled after a lengthy battle, reports the BBC. While some hailed the ruling as a blow for religious freedom, others blasted it as a dangerous drift toward Islamic extremism. More »
- Disney Goes Native in New Markets
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 11, 07 7:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Walt Disney Co., failing in its efforts to sell American product in foreign markets, is retooling its overseas strategy to partner with local players. With an eye on five enormous markets—India, China, Latin America, Russia, and South Korea—the entertainment icon is abandoning its go-it-alone approach to produce television, film and merchandise customized for local tastes. More »
- Deal Threatens Ancient Tribe in Tanzania
  
  Washington Post | Jun 10, 07 5:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Hadzabe people of Tanzania walk in age-old footsteps near the once-bountiful Serengeti plain, starting fires with sticks and hunting with handmade poison arrows. Now the tribe has crossed paths with the royal family of Abu Dhabi, and the resulting conflict endangers a way of life that has endured for 50,000 years. The Washington Post visits the Yaeda Valley. More »
- Inflation-Free Growth Is Too Good to Last
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 6, 07 2:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Globalization and access to low-cost labor has allowed the world economy to grow without high inflation, but this economist's dream may soon end, the Wall Street Journal predicts in a cautionary report. Demand for everything from workers to lumber is increasing, raising prices—and the prospect of higher inflation. More »
- China to Mandate Booty-Shaking
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 5, 07 1:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The childhood obesity epidemic has found its way to China—and will stop there, if the government's new dance requirement has the desired effect. Starting in September, mandatory classes will get millions of schoolchildren off their butts and onto the dance floor. Experts are developing routines for the curriculum, which will gain new moves every two years. More »
- G8 Protesters Clash With German Police
  
  Reuters | Jun 2, 07 2:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Riot police and anti-globalization activists collided in the streets of the German port of Rostock today after an early show of opposition to next week's G8 summit degenerated into violence. Police used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators who showered them with bottles and stones, causing more peaceful protesters to disperse. Officials said 146 officers were injured. More »
- Fast Food Replaces Grandma's Cooking
  
  Time | Jun 2, 07 9:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Every nation has its traditional cuisines, but in today's fast-paced, globalized culture, cheap, fatty Westernized food is crowding out ancient preparations and presentations. Diets define who we are, Time reports, and in the modern world, once-unique food is becoming culturally homogenized. Global influences traditionally enriched flavors and techniques; today, the changes are less beneficial. More »
- East German Women Are Heading West
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 1, 07 5:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Young, educated women are fleeing eastern Germany—and Neo-Nazi parties are flourishing in the vacuum they leave behind. One-and-a-half million people, two-thirds of them women, have left left the economically stagnant east since the mid-1990s, a new study shows. More »
May 2007
- Globalization Has a Hard Chocolate Shell
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 31, 07 2:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a "global supply-chain transformation," Hershey will slash its domestic workforce and build a plant in Mexico. The chocolate giant projects savings of tens of millions of dollars a year, but the numbers don't mean much in Oakdale, Calif., where 575 employees will be our of their jobs by year's end. The LA Times pays a visit. More »
- German Firm Buys Tuscan Hamlet
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 25, 07 5:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A German company has bought up an entire town in Northern Italy, with plans to convert it into a giant "holiday world" resort. The Guardian reports that Hanover-based tour giant TUI payed upwards of $340 million for the 13th-century Tuscan village of Tenuta di Castelfalfi, whose crumbling ramparts, squares and villas now house just five citizens. More »
- Philanthropist Bets $40M on Eco-Tourism
  
  Smithsonian | May 22, 07 6:21 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Philanthropist Greg Carr wants to turn an African ecosystem around—and he’s willing to pay to do it. The tech-bubble whiz kid will spend $40 million over the next 30 years to restore Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, destroyed during the country's 16-year civil war. Stephanie Hanes follows Carr as he visits the one-time "jewel of Mozambique." More »
- Booming India Is Starved for Power
  
  New York Times | May 21, 07 8:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - India's economy is growing so fast it has outstripped its electrical capacity, leaving burgeoning businesses, industries and homes to generate their own power with soot-belching diesel-powered generators for hours every day. Half of India's populace has no connection to the grid at all, and new construction often goes up without any plan for supplying electricity. More »
- African Colleges Fail a Generation
  
  New York Times | May 19, 07 9:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Once a beacon of hope for the world's poorest continent, Africa's colleges are collapsing under the weight of too many students and too little cash, the Sunday Times reports. At Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, students are packed into overcrowded dorms and classrooms, labs are dilapidated, and qualified teachers consider leaving for greener towers overseas. More »
April 2007
- Hollywood Shapes China's Darfur Policy
  
  New York Times | Apr 13, 07 9:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - China is finally joining the international outcry over genocide in Darfur—and it’s down to Hollywood clout, not Washington’s. Long one of Sudan’s closest protectors, China is suddenly calling on the government to accept UN peacekeepers. The reason, reports the Times : Mia Farrow and Steven Spielberg are leading a charge to tie the Beijing Olympics to the country's policies on Sudan. More »