Though China has worked hard to improve its image worldwide, especially by successfully hosting the Olympics in Beijing, recent news suggests that there is still political strife between China and its neighbors. Chinese officials lashed out at the Dalai Lama today for the spiritual leader’s continued work in a region of India that borders Chinese-controlled Tibet. The Dalai Lama, who is a revered... 

In a speech to the Royal College of Defense Studies, Prime Minister Gordon Brown charged the Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of being incompetent. Prime Minister warned the president that he would lose Great Britain’s support if the situation in Afganistan did not begin to show some improvement. The prime minister’s remarks were interpreted as denouncing Afganistan’s President...