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The Chinese government has announced that the Olympic torch will travel through Tibet and Taiwan en route to Beijing. From Mounteverest.net: China announced yesterday that the Olympic torch will pass through Mount Everest and Taiwan on its journey from Greece to Beijing in 2008, while four American activists have been kicked out of the country […]
Read MoreFrom Yale Global Online: While the Japanese invasion of China more than 60 years ago continues to cloud relations between the two Asian powers, recent diplomatic interactions also signal a beginning of reconciliation. With the rise of a new prime minister in Japan, Shinzo Abe, the two sides saw an opportunity to reverse the animosity […]
Read MoreAfter refusing to bow its head upon receiving a “yellow card” from censors in November, Lifeweek Magazine has reportedly again run afoul of authorities. From South China Morning Post (via Asia Media): A leading mainland news magazine is halfway to closure and its editor has been disciplined after it defied a central government directive not […]
Read MoreIn an op-ed, George Will looks at James Mann’s new book “The China Fantasy“: The theory, which is more than wishful thinking, is that capitalism ineluctably brings about an ever-broader dispersal of information and decision-making, and requires an ethic of trust and a legal regime of promise-keeping (contracts). Those who subscribe to this theory can […]
Read MoreFollowing the reported arrest of four Americans who held a protest for Tibetan independence at the Mount Everest base camp yesterday, the Chinese government has sent down a warning to other foreigners with similar intentions. From AFP: “Any foreign citizens that come to China, it is their due obligation to abide by the laws of […]
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