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From the Fall 2005 issue of the National Interest: Because of its size, rate of change, unanticipated success and political coloration, China has become the poster child for those aspects of globalization that threaten the...
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The president’s just-concluded Asian trip bore signs that his devotion to democracy is beginning to shape American strategy beyond the “greater Middle East,” calling into question the policy of economic engagement and the belief in the democratizing power of free trade that Washington has followed up until now. And military preparations […]
Read MoreFrom Time Asia: The environmental disaster that has unfolded over the past two weeks in the northeast Chinese city of Harbin has the makings of a great story: explosion at large petrochemical plant releases toxic pollutants into...
Read MoreFrom AP, via CBS News: Despite tap water being turned back on in Harbin, the Chinese city whose water was turned off for five days after being polluted with a toxic cocktail of chemicals, residents are wary. And the spill ” which includes cancer-causing benzene ” will remain frozen in the Songhua River until spring, […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: For all of China’s many apparent successes, a certain degree of discontent is bubbling at the edges. Government-released figures state 74,000 “mass incidents” took place in 2004, up from 53,000 in 2003… Some of the most engaging responses to these conditions are coming from China’s artistic communities. China’s pioneer documentary filmmaker Wu […]
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