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Beijing Olympic 2008 opening ceremony giant firework footprints 'faked'As the ceremony got under way with a dramatic, drummed countdown, viewers watching at home and on giant screens inside the Bird's Nest National Stadium watched as a series of giant footprints outlined in fireworks processed gloriously above the city from Tiananmen Square. What they did not ...
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Bush: China must end detentions, ensure freedoms - Yahoo! NewsBound for the Beijing Olympics, President Bush is carrying a message of "deep concerns" about the state of human rights in China and urging the communist nation to allow political freedoms for its citizens.
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Something you didn't know about me ...Since Hrafn always meant this to be a social network for Twine Power Users (and I, along with Nova) were the first two co-admins invited by Hrafn, here's something I might as well share: Guess what, I'm the real David Lightman (well, as close as there is to a real David Lightman) -- as in the movie, ...
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Foreign Affairs Journal - China's Olympic Nightmare: What the Games Mean for Beijing's FutureThis piece was co-authored by a friend of mine who heads APAC policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Here's an excerpt: "Beijing's failure to respond creatively to its critics and effectively manage its environmental and product-safety issues reveals a certain political myopia. China's ...
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China: A Partner or Adversary? - FPRI (Foreign Policy Research Institute)Sent to you by David Scott Lewis via Google Reader: E-Notes: China: A Partner or Adversary? - FPRI via www.fpri.org on 5/31/08 China: A Partner or Adversary? by Richard Baum May 2008 Richard Baum, a professor of political science at UCLA, was a panelist in the FPRI Asia Program...
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National Journal Magazine - China’s Cyber-MilitiaSent to you by David Scott Lewis via Google Reader: National Journal Magazine - China’s Cyber-Militia via www.nationaljournal.com on 5/30/08 COVER STORY China’s Cyber-Militia Chinese hackers pose a clear and present danger to U.S. government and private-sector computer ...
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China's next-generation nationalists - Los Angeles TimesAs human rights protesters dogged the Beijing Olympics' torch relay around the world, as supporters of Tibet condemned the violent crackdown in Lhasa, and as Darfur activists demanded change in China's Sudan policy, Chinese young people worked themselves into a different form of righteous ...Twine added 19 months ago
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China's next-generation nationalists - Los Angeles TimesSent to you by David Scott Lewis via Google Reader: China's next-generation nationalists - Los Angeles Times via www.latimes.com on 5/9/08 As human rights protesters dogged the Beijing Olympics' torch relay around the world, as supporters of Tibet condemned the violent ...
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Commentary » Blog Archive » Is China Our Enemy?CIA Director Michael Hayden says no. “China is a competitor–certainly in the economic realm, and, increasingly, on the geopolitical stage,” he said in a speech delivered yesterday at Kansas State University. “But China is not an inevitable enemy.” No, it is not. The Chinese state-and its ...Twine added 20 months ago
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China: The CIA Gets It. - China Law Blog: a blog about Chinese law and the legal issues of doing business in China.General Michael V. Hayden, Director of the CIA, gave a speech [https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/landon-lecture-series.html] this week at Kansas State University, on, among other things, China's future relationship with the United States. Hayden had this to say: China, a ...Twine added 20 months ago