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Petitioners Arrested After China's Human Rights Action Plan Announcement

China Bans Complaints to Central Government in Beijing

The Chinese government has made it illegal for petitioners to pose their complaints to the central government by traveling to Beijing. In an attempt to manage the thousands of dissenters who go to the capital,...

created by Alyzee | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago
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Steven Pinker: It's hard to see how China will ever compete with the West

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Steven Pinker: It's hard to see how China will ever compete with the West

In the latest issue of Edge the well-known Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker questions the popular assertion that "China will be the next scientific and economic power." What prompted Pinker to question that...

created by futureprogress | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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China's human rights policy also means subjugating unarmed Zimbabwean people

Reading the accounts in various media of about a 77 tonnes arms consignment from China to Zimbabwe really makes an average person wonder about the sanity of the governing body of the Peoples Republic of China, the host of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Why would any...

created by peter.reardon | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The IOC Olympic Charter. How Did China Qualify?

The International Olympic Committee - IOC is clear in its published ‘Olympic Charter In force As From 7 July 2007’. In this document it outlines its grand, and specific standards of behaviour expected of a nation which wishes to host the Olympic Games. By default, any...

created by peter.reardon | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The worst market crisis in 60 years

By: George Sooros, in the Financial Times, Published: January 22, 2008. Soros says that the current financial crisis was precipitated by a bubble in the US housing market.George Soros addresses the problems generated by a market that is as good as out of hand...

created by peter.reardon | 1 year ago
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Jim McGreevey and the China Syndrome

Sad news. Jim McGreevey, X governor of New Jersey, has suffered a chutzpa relapse. Forced to resign in 2004 after a string of corruption scandals and toxic appointments, McGreevey muddied the waters by revealing he was gay. Implying social intolerance had something to do with...