September 8, 2012 archive

Sep 08

Government and media in Italy

This article (part 1; part 2) reports on the liaison between the media system in Italy and the government of Mario Monti. From Berlusconi to the “professors”, few changes appears in the uncritical support to power by major media in Italy. Definitively not a watchdog, now warming up the engine to push for a second …

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Sep 08

China and Russia sound alarm on global economy

China sounded the alarm about the state of the global economy on Saturday at APEC summit, and Russian President Putin also expresses concern. Chinese leaders call for stronger integration in APEC Countries (Reuters), while promising they will work to provide a better policy environment to attract foreign investments in China (Reuters). Meanwhile, chinese companies keep …

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