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From the Kansas City Star: U.S. policy assumes that free trade benefits all who engage in it… Today, that concept is being questioned as never before. China’s rapid rise is feeding a common fear: that developing nations led by China and India may out-compete the world for high-tech jobs and keep the low-skill, labor-intensive manufacturing […]
Read MoreFrom Inter Press Service, via Asia Times: China’s decision to dispense with its customary diplomatic ambiguity on the matter of United Nations reform and come out firmly against a proposal for quick expansion of the Security Council is being presented by the state propaganda machine as an unavoidable act of opposition to Japan’s bid for […]
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor: In China, foreign-culture imports are carefully watched and vetted. No organized initiatives, no serious advertising, no creation of media fads or buzz can take place without party approval. Fads are pushed, experimented with, and sometimes abandoned if their popularity becomes too great or worrisome. “For many reasons, China allows in […]
Read MoreFrom USA Today: Imagine that we inhabit a country that, like China, is home to 1.3 billion people, most of them poor. Imagine that we lag far behind rich countries in technological innovation and that our entertainment and publishing industries pale when compared with the slick fare from America. Suppose, however, that we could usurp […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: Civil liberties groups have condemned an arrangement between Microsoft and Chinese authorities to censor the internet… The word “demonstration” is taboo, but “protest” is all right; “democracy” is forbidden, but “anarchy” and “revolution” are acceptable. On MSN Space, Chinese bloggers cannot use the name of their own president, but can comment on […]
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