Leading Indicators: Off-the-Radar News Roundup
By
Judah Grunstein
|
08 Mar 2010
- China's foreign minister said that the China-Russia oil pipeline
will be completed by the end of 2010
. The Chinese section of the pipeline will be fully operational in 2011.
- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
is facing opposition
from coalition partner Social Democratic Party regarding plans to promote nuclear energy as part of a climate change bill. Hatoyama's popularity has plummeted and his coalition is experiencing tension on a variety of fronts. that makes for a pretty short honeymoon for a party taking power for the first time in 50 years. ...