china-portfolio.com
China pledges bln in loans to Africa | Worldwide
http://www.china-portfolio.com/Worldwide/china-pledges-10-bln-in-loans-to-africa.html
China pledges $10 bln in loans to Africa. China pledges $10 bln in loans to Africa. The Fourth Ministerial Conference of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum (FOCAC) opened in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and African heads of state or government attended the opening ceremony of the two-day conference, with the theme of "deepening the new type of China-Africa strategic partnership for sustainable development.". The Chi...
woowooscale.com
Level 2 - WooWooScale
http://www.woowooscale.com/level2
Ghosts, reincarnation, fortune telling, ESP. Courtesy of Wikipedia. Public domain image. We’ve all heard a ghost story or two growing up. Maybe we’ve even seen the image of something out of the corner of our eye, only to disappear when we turn to get a better look. Or noises of someone walking when we know no one is around. From Hamlet’s dead father to Ghostbusters. Ghosts have captivated our imagination. A level two WooWoo then undoubtedly believes that the deceased can, and do, walk the Earth. Can a so...
woowooscale.com
Level 0 - WooWooScale
http://www.woowooscale.com/level0
Here lies the skeptic and all of his or her agnostic friends. Not believing in anything beyond their five sensory perception, these folks are often very analytical and need to actually see water falling from the sky before they accept a forecast of rain. Succinctly put, agnostics lack any belief, including a belief that God does not exist. In the world of a level 0 woowoo, Elvis. Back to the Intro. Here’s some tips about agnostics from one:. Here’s some tips about agnostics from one:. Agnostics know that...
woowooscale.com
Level 1 - WooWooScale
http://www.woowooscale.com/level1
Courtesy of Wikipedia.org. Public domain image. Ahhhhh…here we are. The first level real level of WooWoo-ness. Don’t worry, we’re just getting started. Level 1 WooWoo is principally personified by the belief in God. The belief in God may at first seem strange. How can believing in the Almighty be WooWoo? Do you believe in any of the following: A supreme consciousness, godhead, an old man sitting on a cloud, Zeus, Tao, Atman, the Christian God, the Islamic God, the Jewish God, the ‘s God? If anyone were t...
woowooscale.com
Level 9 - WooWooScale
http://www.woowooscale.com/level9
UFO abduction, astral projection, super powers. Courtesy of Wikipedia. Public domain image. Level 9. If you’ve stayed with us so far you are comfortably within the fringe areas of belief systems. Level 9 introduces us to the beliefs in UFO abduction. If you answer “yes” to some or all of these questions, you are at least this level. Go up to the next level of woowoo. If you answered “no” to all of these questions, your woowoo level is definitely one level below this level. As a work of nonfiction? Anyhoo...
woowooscale.com
Level 5 - WooWooScale
http://www.woowooscale.com/level5
UFO, communication w/angels. Courtesy of Wikipedia. Public domain image. I bet you were wondering when the UFO’s were going to surface. Well here they are, nestled comfortably at level 5. Beings traveling through the galaxy aboard a ship have been a fascination for generations. In modern American culture our curiosity surrounding extra terrestrials flows from Orson Wells’ War of the Worlds. To Area 51 to Independence Day. Has a craft from another world ever entered Earth’s atmosphere? Is there a chance t...
china-portfolio.com
China says U.S. move on imported Chinese-made fastener "rational" | Economy
http://www.china-portfolio.com/Economy/china-says-us-move-on-imported-chinese-made-fastener-qrationalq.html
China says U.S. move on imported Chinese-made fastener rational. China says U.S. move on imported Chinese-made fastener rational. The US. rejection of an anti-dumping inquiry against China-made steel fasteners was "rational", a Chinese commerce official said Monday. The ITC's move on Friday was a rare exception in the two countries' trade disputes as the U.S. agency nodded to all the other 22 inquiries in recent three years. Fastener is a hardware tool that puts together two or more objects. China has su...
