JUNE 27 NEWS AND VIEWS

Here is the second part of the Bill Gertz series on China in the Washington Times.

A couple of commentaries on the recent sham election in Iran. This one thinks that the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is going the way of the Shah. Amir Taheri, who once worked for the Shah, lays out the case that Khamenei now has total control of the regime.

The Chinese bid for Unocal has generated some controversy. Paul Krugman has this take. Here is a different view.