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		<title>David vs. Two Goliaths</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/22/david-vs-two-goliaths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PerryScope By Perry Diaz It’s tough fighting the world’s second biggest economic power and most populous country. But when another economic heavyweight joins the fight against you, they could trounce you very badly. And to make the situation worse, the two adversaries are the giant People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Lilliputian but economically rich Republic of China (ROC), which is more commonly known <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/22/david-vs-two-goliaths/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>When export of labor becomes a liability</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/when-export-of-labor-becomes-a-liability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas On August 23, 2010, President Aquino had barely warmed his seat in Malacanang when a disgruntled police officer hijacked a tourist bus and took hostage several Hongkong tourists, touching off a crisis that tested Aquino’s mettle in leadership and diplomacy. Eight of the tourists were killed along with the hijacker in the bungled rescue operation that was witnessed <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/when-export-of-labor-becomes-a-liability/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Of political dynasts and celebs</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/of-political-dynasts-and-celebs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘The just-concluded May mid-term national elections were dominated by familiar names of political dynasts and celebrities.’ THE elections are over, the results are known, and the winning candidates have been proclaimed. And, lo and behold, we see that the familiar names of political dynasts and celebrities dominated the ballots of the machine-conducted May 13 senatorial, congressional and local elections. The mid-term <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/of-political-dynasts-and-celebs/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why no FDIs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By DUCKY PAREDES MALAYA ‘From 2010 to 2012, the Philippines received FDIs totaling only $5.9 billion, a measly amount compared to Indonesia’s $52.5 billion and Vietnam’s $23.5 billion.’ CONSIDERING the successive credit rating upgrades from various international agencies, long-term, capital-intensive investments ought to be coming in droves. In March, Fitch Ratings upgraded the country’s credit rating to BBB minus &#8212; investment status. The primary beneficiaries <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/why-no-fdis/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>(Economic) War in the Pacific</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karim Rahemtulla, Investment Director Oil &#38; Energy Daily Back in March, we talked about Myanmar – and the massive investment opportunity taking shape there. I know it sounds like an obscure country with limited prospects, but I assure you, it’s not. And I’ll have even more information for you once I get back from the Myanmar 2013 Investment Summit in Hong Kong. But today, <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/economic-war-in-the-pacific/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inside China: China vs. Japan and U.S. on Okinawa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Miles Yu The Washington Times China is challenging a key American policy toward Japan: the unambiguous U.S. support of Japan’s sovereign rights to the Ryukyu island chain, including the key strategic island of Okinawa. The United States does not officially take sides in disputes between China and Japan over the hotly disputed Senkaku Islands, also called the Diaoyu, but Washington repeatedly and unequivocally has <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/20/inside-china-china-vs-japan-and-u-s-on-okinawa/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Benghazi Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/benghazi-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz There is a new virulent disease that infected a group of people in Washington, DC. So far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) cannot isolate the organism that’s causing the mysterious disease. It’s so mysterious that it makes a lot of people wonder when – not if – they would be infected by the disease. But for some strange <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/benghazi-syndrome/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Danger of &#8216;honeymoon&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/danger-of-honeymoon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.&#8221; FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT By Alex P. Vidal We always maintain that it is not healthy for democracy if the government&#8217;s executive and legislative branches are always in honeymoon stage. More danger lurks if they end up as lovers. Rubber stamp legislatures have been <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/danger-of-honeymoon/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aquino faces acid test in China, Taiwan rows</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/aquino-faces-acid-test-in-china-taiwan-rows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr.  The Philippine Star NOW THIS?: When communist hordes overran China in 1949 in the concluding chapter of a civil war, the Philippines gave aid and sanctuary to Kuomintang Chinese fleeing the mainland on way to Taiwan. Many of them settled in Manila and flourished in business. Now they are treating us like rubbish just because one of them was <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/aquino-faces-acid-test-in-china-taiwan-rows/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Fishing Wars</title>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/the-fishing-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>perry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By FR. SHAY CULLEN Last week, a Taiwanese fisherman died when a Philippine Coast Guard patrol boat open-fired after one of the four Taiwanese fishing vessels reportedly tried to ram the coast guard vessel. The incident occurred 43 nautical miles east of Balintang Island, in the West Philippine Sea well inside the 200 mile limit. Recently, the Chinese government sent a fleet of 30 fish <a href="http://globalbalita.com/2013/05/18/the-fishing-wars/">Read More …</a>]]></description>
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