One of the first things i do after getting the pets up and running a cup of coffee is to check the news highlights that i have set up on my yahoo page.  This includes the NY Times, BBC, AP, etc.  Each news source provides three headlines that you can choose to look into.  Then after that, i check my emails, then i either play cards or write a post on my Talkmarkets' blog site

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Yesterday, i happened to see a news report on television that showed Antony Blinken stepping on the tarmac at the Beijing airport.  And that was sometime yesterday morning, and since that time i have not heard word one from my television or from my yahoo page.

In fact, i had to google "Blinken in China" to gain access to the trip.

Blinken is in China, folks!  That is news!   So google his trip and see what the news networks really think.

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Of course, none will talk about world peace specifically, but you must remember, none of the news networks (including the New York Times, the BBC, the AP, etc.) have heard of globanomics.

So, the question becomes this:  Has Antony Blinken been briefed on Globanomics?

If he has, world peace is at hand.  If he hasn't, then i guess we are just going to have to wait until after the election for our "one and only goal"--world peace. 

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ps.  The one article i read about Blinken's visit was from the BBC.  That article talked about "football in China" as a metaphor for the U.S.-China relationship.  The article ended with a quote from one of the Chinese players on the Beijing Cyclone football team.  Here is what Henry Mu, a pass-receiver said:

"I feel that football allows us to culturally communicate through this game.  Chinese people can play American sports and American people are very welcome to come here. It is great to know each other and to make friends.  Peace, not war."

Ditto here in the United States.