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[BUSINESS] Rob Forbes

Rob Forbes founded Design Within Reach, the furniture company that brought high design to the general public. http://studioforbes.typepad.com/blog/about.html from TED Ideas Worth Spreading

[INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS] The dance of two giants: History of modern relations between the United States and China

World War II alliance After Japan’s Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, Washington joined forces with China’s Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek to drive Japan’s invading forces out of China. This 1942 photo, taken in Burma, shows U.S. Gen. Joseph Stilwell with Chiang and Madame Chiang, aka Soong May-ling. At this meeting, Chiang informed his military staff that Stilwell would lead them against the Japanese forces. The Nationalist and rival Communist forces cooperated in fighting the Japanese invaders, but ultimately turned against one another to battle for control of China. 1949: Communist victory Soviet-backed Communists, led by Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, won the nation's power struggle -- ultimately putting Beijing and Washington on opposite sides in the Cold War. In this Oct. 1, 1949 image, Mao proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China. With the Communist victory, Chiang and many influenti...

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[INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS] Reduced to rubble

from MSNBC.com Reduced to rubble A laborer clears rubble at the site of destroyed shops in Karachi, Pakistan, on Jan. 3. The shops were set ablaze by an angry mob in reaction to a suicide bomb attack a week before during a procession of Shiite Muslims commemorating Ashura, a day of mourning.

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