Shock and awe! Call out the National Guard and move to DefCon 3! Come on, what did they expect? Everyone knows that the biggest show on earth is also its biggest political platform. Think of the Mexico 1968 Black Power...
Well, it's that time again - as the year 2007 draws to a close, we look to the future. And one thing is for sure: the primary foci of this weblog, Pakistan and China, were hardly out of the news...
It's one of those ironies of cross-cultural understanding between China and the West. Aside from fears of internal unrest, one reason for the all-encompassing media censorship is to promote a wholesome image of China to the outside world. Outside China,...
About time too. But is this big spend on tackling China's environmental problems too little too late? The environmental degradation in China is phenomenal. I'll never forget the taste of chemicals on my tongue after I gave up smoking; the...
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