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In China they have a song that starts with the lyrics: "The East is red; the sun rises."

I draw your attention to the following excerpt "For the past two decades, Chinese foreign ministers have established a culture of reserving for the African continent their first foreign trips in a year. This is "a non-written Chinese diplomatic tradition which I would like to honor due to its historic significance and reality," Yang explained at the beginning of the article." It speaks volumes as to the strategic role that Africa plays for China.

"RABAT, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, who is on a five-nation African trip, is calling for the strengthening of the new Sino-African partnership "characterized by equality and mutual respect on the political front, a win-win economic cooperation and reciprocal cultural exchanges."

"Let us deepen the new and strategic Sino-African cooperation through reinforcing our cooperation which should be characterized by equality and mutual respect on the political front, a win-win economic cooperation and reciprocal cultural exchanges," Yang said. ..."

Read more:

http://news.xinhuanet.co.../11/content_12791220.htm

I love this thread. Go on giving me juicy ideas guys. You are the best!

Look to agriculture to have a positive impact on economic output going forward. Recognition of the unfolding commodity bull market has attracted new capital and interest in hitherto depressed segments. In Kenya, there's even a coffee fair scheduled for stakeholders in the industry.

"The financial crisis is likely to lead to food shortages in a few years because the agriculture sector is in dire need of funds, legendary investor Jim Rogers told CNBC Friday.

Buying distressed commodities is a better way to make money than investing in stocks, according to Rogers.

"The fundamentals (for agriculture) have gotten better," he said. "The inventories are now at the lowest they've been in decades, not in years."

"Sometimes in the next few years we're going to have very serious shortages of food everywhere in the world and prices are going to go through the roof."

Cotton and coffee are good buys because they are very distressed, while sugar, despite the fact that it has gone up a lot, is still down 70 percent from its all-time high, according to Rogers."

Read more:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/34874608/site/14081545

Feast your eyes on this wonderful picture gallery on gold:

http://www.boston.com/bi...cture/2010/01/gold.html