Apr
23
The Unpredictable Future of US Presidential Race
April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Maggie ZUO Yitong
Yesterday, in the Pennsylvania primaries, The Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, leading a record of 10 percent more to defeat her opponent Obama. Thus, the United States at home and abroad, many people have this kind of suspicion: Whether Hillary can take this opportunity to reverse her disadvantages, and eventually won [...]
Apr
23
Improve agriculture to solve food crisis in Africa
April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Meryam
The ongoing 12th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Ghana has placed hunger and food as its top priority. Rising food prices over the past months and the subsequent riots breaking out from Africa to Asia, led UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon to state that UNCTAD “could not [...]
Apr
23
It is all about climate change statistics
April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Eva Chang (12)
Climate Change is a statistical issue. Debates over the existence of climate change revolve around the show of statistical proof of changes and variances in the earth’s temperature over a given period. Current statistical measures create two problems. One is the lack of a standard statistical measure with widespread recognition in order [...]
Apr
23
The Expression of Anger
April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Maggie ZUO Yitong
It is not a post about psychology, hopefully, the title could not mislead my meaning. Regarding those recent top news in China, especially “Chinese boycotts of Carrefour”. Firstlly, I would like to discuss about the word “Fenqing” in China.
I searched it in Google, and found the translation from the website. “Fenqing” which [...]
Apr
23
Philadelphia Democratic Debate: “the worst ever”
April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Tia Tian Chi
One of the most important Democratic Primaries is taking place in Pennsylvania today. Since the Democratic primaries started in January, there are now only ten primaries and 566 pledged delegate votes left for Democrats to choose their nominee for the presidential election in November, while Republicans have been uniting for their presumptive [...]
