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• The December Multi-Cultural Calendar is Full

  Dec. 6 is St. Nicholas Day (Christian) Dec. 8 is Bodhi Day (Buddhist) Dec. 8 is also the observance of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic) Dec. 12: Feast Day of our Lady of Guadalupe beginning of the Advent fast (Orthodox) Feast of St.

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• The Nine Nations of China

  Source: The Atlantic

  We tend to imagine China as a monolith: 1.3 billion people sharing the same language, history, and culture. The truth is far more interesting. China is a mosaic of several distinct regions, each with its own resources, dynamics, and historical character.

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• China questions costs of U.S. healthcare reform

  Source: Reuters

  Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama's healthcare reform plans would impact America's huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions.

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• Geithner Singled Out In TARP Watchdog Neil Barofsky's Scathing Report On AIG Bailout

  Source: The Huffington Post

  A brutal report issued Monday by a government watchdog holds Timothy Geithner -- then the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and now the nation's Treasury Secretary -- responsible for overpayments that put billions of extra tax dollars in the coffers of major Wall Stree …

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• Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web

  President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel.

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