2 posts tagged “australia”

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=374905

Folks,

This will be very interesting. Can you imagine the whispers in the corridors of corporate and political power from the US to the UK to Australia, if China decides to completely outsmart and outspend BHP to buy Rio outright?

China has an equal right to secure her strategic needs as much as Washington has to secure its strategic interests in the Middle East. But somehow, methinks it will always remain even more highly contentious when China flexes its financial clout to do what the US or Europe has done for the past few hundred years all around the world.

I think Rio Tinto will ultimately end up being taken over as the players in the highly-competitive resources market jostle for top dog position. How the carve up will end up looking is anyone's guess.

With Chinalco now in the mix, it won't be a cakewalk for BHP by any stretch of the imagination. The next few days will be worth watching because BHP has till the end of this coming week to declare its cards in the play for Rio Tinto.

Ninja

http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/racial-abuse-in-india/2007/10/17/1192300859647.html

Folks,

I actually find these recent racist incidents in India rather curious. It is obvious to me that the crowd's abuse was aimed at one of the Aussie cricketers of West Indian origin, Andrew "Roy" Symonds.

Now, if the so-called monkey taunts were meant to insinute that Symonds could be likened to a simian due to his slightly darker skin tones, then pray tell what exactly does the average Indian actually think of themselves? I mean, seriously?

I don't condone this sort of behaviour in any context whatsoever. And I also hope that given the Aussies' recent experience on the sub-continent, I'd hope that when other teams play in Australia, Australian crowds can rise above the nonsense and stamp out racial villification.

Ninja