China Daily view of the G8 summit

(China Daily)--"NATO's ongoing transformation has also offered the possibility for cooperation with China, which has expressed its willingness to have some cooperation with NATO on the basis of "mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and coordination".

In fact, both sides have conducted dialogue and contacts in political and diplomatic fields, as indicated by bilateral anti-piracy cooperation in the Gulf of Aden. There is also room for non-proliferation and anti-terrorism cooperation.

However, the huge differences between China and NATO in ideology and values, as well as China's non-alignment policy mean no essential progress will be achieved in bilateral cooperation. China needs to remain highly vigilant of NATO's development of an anti-missile defense system in Asia and its militarization of space."

source: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2012-05/21/content_15342157.htm

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WH blog: G8 Summit at Camp David

This weekend, the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Russia joined President Obama at Camp David for the annual G8 Summit. 


The leaders met to address major global economic, political, and security challenges, including energy and climate change, food security and nutrition, Afghanistan’s economic transition and transitions taking place across the Middle East and North Africa.

• Read the G8 Declaration
• View a slideshow from the weekend
• President Obama’s Remarks at the close of the G8 Summit

Energy and Climate Change:

At the Camp David Summit, G-8 Leaders recognized that the development of and universal access to environmentally safe, sustainable, secure, and affordable sources of energy is essential to global economic growth and to their overall efforts to address climate change. 

• Statement by the G-8 on Global Oil Markets
• Fact Sheet: G-8 Action on Energy and Climate Change

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WH blog: By the numbers

Approximately 1 billion people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger-- a prolonged, life-threatening lack of food.

Hunger threatens the health and well-being of a nation’s citizens, and increases a country’s risk of democratic failure, rioting, violence, and civil conflict. It costs developing countries approximately $450 billion per year in lost GDP.

Poverty is a principal cause of hunger—it prevents people from having access to food and the tools they need to grow it. Natural disasters, conflict, lack of infrastructure, and poor farming practices also contribute to the growing problem of hunger as the world population increases.

But as President Obama explained today at the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, history teaches us that one of the most effective ways to pull people and entire nations out of poverty is to invest in their agriculture.

This weekend, G8 and African leaders will meet to discuss a major new alliance with private sector partners to reduce hunger and lift 50 million people out of poverty by investing in Africa’s agricultural economy. This new partnership builds on the commitment leaders made during the 2009 G8 meeting in L’Aquila to put the fight against hunger at the forefront of global development.

One of the problems with foreign aid is that many of the foreign governments want the aid sent to the government so it can take "it's cut." 


Often the food and other supplies the US provides are resold to the people assuming it ever get there at all. 

The US prefers direct aid in which the Peace Corps or some other agency provides the food directly to needy villages and areas. 


Republicans are already making political noise about foreign aid to Africa.  

source: WH Blog

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