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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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“To maintain positive relations with the United States is essential — indeed, a key for China’s macro long-term development drive," said John Garver, Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, regarding where the United States may fit in with the transitioning relations between China and Iran. Garver continued, "And that drive is essential to the regime’s survival and to social stability. If it was a question of Chinese firms being excluded from American markets, of China becoming an issue in the American presidential election and a souring of American public opinion on China, then they would have to consider their options.” Source: The New York Times - January 13, 2012
