Here is your R&D top five for November 18th:

The U.S.-China Economic Relationship: Separating Facts from Myths from the Council on Foreign Relations

She’ll Be Back:  Sarah Palin and the State of the Republican Party from the Economist

3 Democrats Could Block Health Bill in Senate from the New York Times

Iraq VP vetoes new election law from the BBC

The worst is yet to come: Unemployed Americans should hunker down for more job losses from the New York Daily News