Rising Powers 28 items | updated May 3 2011

    • DISNEY PORN?!?! wow
      Newsweek reported that in 1996, Disney considered buying Ripe, a movie about the deflowering of 14-year-old twins. Bad publicity was all that stopped the deal from...
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    • THE CIA AND FACEBOOK TOGETHER !!! - video
       |  added by 2 years ago  |  1
    • City on Steroids - video
      China is building megacities like this at a pace and scale the world has never seen before. Chongqing has 12 million people and counting. It's part of the...
      by 3 years ago  |  58
    • The Saudi Link - video
      Adrian Baschuk examines the mutual interests of the Saudi monarchy, the American presidency, and why the citizens of both countries are so off in their opinions of...
      by 4 years ago  |  3
    • India: Rich vs. Poor - video
      India is the world's second most populous nation, and with a rate of economic growth several times that of the United States, India seems on track to be a world...
      by 4 years ago  |  18
    • The Next Giant? - video
      India's globalization-driven economic boom seems to make everyone nuts. It makes Americans nuts with worry about jobs lost overseas. It makes Indians nuts with...
      by 4 years ago  |  8
    • Great Firewall of China - video
      Laura Ling goes to China where an information battle is taking place between China's 120 million Internet users and the Chinese government's web censors.
      by 4 years ago  |  46
    • Migrant Nation - video
      The biggest mass migration of people is happening in China. Over 100 million migrants have moved from the poor countryside to the cities in search of work. Laura Ling...
      by 4 years ago  |  21
    • Ethanol a scam? Damn it all try Butanol
      An article about how many more btus we can use from butanol compared to ethanol. How butanol is more stable meaning less evaporative, more efficient to produce, and...
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  1
    • solar power plants could supply 69 percent of the U.S.’s electricity by 2050
      A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants to solar power plants could supply 69 percent of the U.S.’s electricity and 35 percent of...
       |  added by 3 years ago  |  10
    • Virtual Reporting - video
      Despite the growing number of Americans' jobs being done in China and India, you would think that there's just some work that can only be done here in the...
      by 4 years ago  |  11
    • Dam of Progress & Doom - video
      Modernization in China – Adrian Baschuk looks at the Three Gorges Dam that displaced millions, but provides clean electricity for many millions more.
      by 4 years ago  |  6
    • Terror in the U.K. - video
      The U.K. has had a long history of terrorism. Here's what people in the U.K. think about it.
      by 4 years ago  |  5
    • 20-ish in Shanghai - video
      Chinese twentysomethings have a lot of the same concerns you do. Jobs, career, relationships, not saying anything bad about their government. Oh, wait...
      by 4 years ago  |  4
    • Secret China Mission - video
      A group of Christian college students prepare for a short-term mission trip to China and document their experiences in one of the most religiously strict nations in...
      by 4 years ago  |  18
    • Pakistani India-Envy - video
      Much of Pakistan's national identity is based not on Pakistan itself, but in its feud with its neighbor India. Adam Yamaguchi travels to Pakistan to explore the...
      by 4 years ago  |  19
    • China's Chance - video
      A look at China's massive makeover as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2008.
      by 4 years ago  |  10
    • Haiti's Hotzone - video
      Laura Ling explores Haiti's most violent slum, Cite Soleil--a hotzone controlled by gangs.
      by 6 years ago  |  2
    • Dangerous Roads - video
      Adam Yamaguchi travels to India where the intricate highway system is helping transport HIV.
      by 6 years ago  |  4
    • Amazon Drug Trail - video
      Mariana van Zeller travels with a Brazilian anti-drug task force to look for traffickers on the Amazon river.
      by 6 years ago  |  5
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