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Asia's middle class could help the Pru meet its ambitious targets.

This article talks about how the middle class in Asia can help the Pru meet its ambitious targets. Prudential intends to generate 10bn of cash over the next four years. The Pru is saying it is now well
past the point where its Asian operations are a consumer of cash from the UK and the US. The division generated 484m of cash last year; the new plan aims for 900m-1.1bn in 2017. The Insurance in Asia is a more promising prospect than banking. That's a reasonable view. The Pru, a decade after cutting its dividend for the only time since 1914, now looks to be a formidable cash machine.

China Is Tied to Spying on European Diplomats.


This article talks about how china has to spy on the European Diplomats. The attacks, which began in 2010, are continuing, according to a report to be released Tuesday by FireEye, a computer security company in Milpitas, Calif. Unlike other groups, which tend to attack commercial targets, this campaign specificall y targeted ministries of foreign affairs, said Nart Villeneuve, the researcher who helped lead FireEyes efforts. The attackers sent their targets emails with a link that claimed to contain naked photos of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France. Once clicked, attackers were able to gain a foothold into their targets computer networks; though investigators said they were unable to see which files the attackers had taken. The closest they came was last August when FireEyes researchers were able to infiltrate one of the groups 23 command-and-control servers for one week. They could see that the server had breached 21 different targets, including government ministries in the five European countries. FireEye said the Ke3Chang attackers have taken great pains to mask their activities by frequently switching out their hacking tools. And though researchers have only identified 23 of the attackers command-and-control servers, they mapped Web addresses back to a total of 99 servers all of them based in China, Hong Kong and the United States and believe the number of compromised computers is much larger than what they can see.

How Long Will China Tolerate America's Role in Asia?


This article talks about China and weather they are going to do anything about Americas army being in China. The main issue is whether China will continue to tolerate America's extensive and powerful military presence in East Asia or whether it will conduct a sustained effort to drive a wedge between the United States and its current allies and eventually force the United States out of the region. A rising power seeking regional hegemony would be wise to avoid war. Look what happened to Germany (twice), Japan (once), and even Napoleonic France, each of which

launched wars of hegemony that ended in disaster. When you try to gain hegemony with one bold roll of the iron dice, others will gang up to stop you. By contrast, slow, steady accretions of power are less likely to trigger a balancing response, and they also avoid the inherent uncertainties of open warfare. America's rise to regional hegemony remains the textbook case on how to establish a dominant position without fighting a major war. And take note: The task of expelling other powers from the Western Hemisphere was easier because Britain and France were operating far from their home territory and ultimately concluded that staying in the Western Hemisphere wasn't as important as trying to keep Germany from dominating. A lot depends on how America's current (and potential) allies respond and also on whether the U.S. national security establishment can reach an enduring consensus on the priority to be given to Asian security in general and China in particular. That consensus seemed to be emerging during President Barack Obama's first term, but the energy behind the "pivot" seems to have dissipated as the administration has re-engaged in the Middle East maelstrom. No doubt Vice President Joe Biden will try to straighten things out when he visits the region this week, but long-term success will depend on a lot more than the occasional top-level fly-in.

Tijuana, Mexico to Use Unmanned Aircraft to Aid Public Safety


This article talks about Tijuana, Mexico and on hoe they are using electronics to help aid public safety. UAS soon could help Tijuana authorities monitor traffic, evaluate accident scenes, detect
landslides and control wildfires. Mayor Jorge Astiazarn said this week that hes preparing to buy several small, unmanned aircraft for the city, making Tijuana one of the first municipal governments in Mexico to use UAS. The purchase is part of the citys effort to increase efficiency through technology. So far, the only municipality in Mexico that uses remotely piloted aircraft is Puebla in central Mexico, which launched a UAS program in October after acquiring three small unmanned aircraft. On the night of November 30 in Tijuana, images taken from a UAS hovering above City Hall were displayed inside the courtyard where hundreds gathered for Astiazarn swearing-in ceremony. The mayor stopped short of mentioning UAS in his inaugural speech, but he pledged to make Tijuana a safer city using all the tools that are within our reach, both human and those that technology offers us. The first step involves the purchase of two 3DR Ready-to-Fly Quad UAS. Each weighs as much as 6.6 pounds and can carry up to 2.2 pounds, said Guillermo Romero, general manager of the companys plant in Tijuana. In Mexico, the UAS program in Puebla and Tijuana have yet to stir up the level of public controversy thats taking place in the United States, where Congress has required the Federal Aviation Administration to open up domestic airspace to UAS by 2015. Current regulations prohibit use of UAS in populated areas or near airports.

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