World Politics Review

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. ...