When Chairman Mao still reigned supreme, one of his most vaunted principles was zili gengsheng, or self reliance.

Musharraf was recorded by Indian intelligence boasting about the action on an open telephone line during a visit to Beijing.

Where Stalin had his barbarous yet monumental drive to industrial modernization, Putin boasted of making Russia a great energy power.

The report clearly demonstrates that renewable technologies could supply the world with more energy than it would ever need, boasted Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council.

During a speech at the meeting, he boasted that Uzbekistan was a partner of the United States in the war on terror and for Karimov the war on terror is tantamount to a license to torture in his quest to remain in power.

Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono emphasized that point earlier this month, boasting to British Prime Minister David Cameron that Indonesia s successful recovery plan after the 1998 collapse was inspired by John Maynard Keynes.

ROME Global leaders have touted the apparent success of achieving in 2010 well ahead of the 2015 target the Millennium Development Goal of halving the share of people who were living below the poverty line in 1990.

The second stage is the time of the tempest the period when the country is stoically remade through the leaders s iron will. Where Stalin had his barbarous yet monumental drive to industrial modernization, Putin boasted of making Russia a great energy power.