Written by David C. Gompert, a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation, from Washington Post: Because of the world’s failure to stop the butchering of 800,000 Rwandans, and other atrocities of the 1990s, the United Nations...
Read MoreDan Southerland writes in the Christian Science Monitor: China’s media covered the country’s earthquake tragedy more openly than any past disaster. But the Chinese government still maintains a blackout over news from...
Read MoreFrom AFP: Security was tight in Beijing’s central Tiananmen Square on Tuesday ahead of the 19th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests that left hundreds, possibly thousands, dead. Police vans were...
Read MoreTom Mitchell reports in the Financial Times, from Dujiangyan: The Chinese government has instructed domestic media outlets to rein in coverage of the schools that collapsed during last month’s devastating earthquake in Sichuan...
Read MoreA lake created by the Sichuan earthquake is posing an imminent threat to millions of people living downstream. But, according to Reuters, there is some confusion over how many people would be affected if the banks burst. CNN...
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times reports from Luojiang, Sichuan about accusations of embezzlement of relief goods by local officials: The Chinese central government has been widely applauded for quickly and effectively mobilizing national...
Read MoreBeijing-based Tibetan writer/blogger Woeser continues her “Tibet Update.” After her blog was attacked last month, she now publishes her writing on overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com here, (A profile of Woeser,...
Read MoreOverseas political commentator Liang Jing just wrote the following essay, thanks to Dr. David Kelly for the translation: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was unquestionably the great hero of the earthquake disaster. Coming forward in...
Read MoreIn the New York Times, Howard French writes about the rescue of 129 students and ten teachers in an isolated village in Wenchuan county eight days after the earthquake struck. He then goes on to question the reliability of the...
Read MoreThe New York Times looks at the spontaneous, well-organized and enthusiastic civilian response to the earthquake, as NGOs, businesses and individuals travel to Chengdu to volunteer their time and energy: The public’s spontaneous...
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