Beijing… Chinese Pluck: Must-Read Material on ‘Jasmine Revolution’ 22 Feb 2011 Amid the bad news from Libya, one really needs to be keeping an eye on China and developments there. On February 21, a few abortive demonstrations were broken up by…
Huanqiu Shibao Parlous PRC Discourse and a Dose of Self-Criticism 12 Feb 2011 As we all huff and puff and, through our links and writings, somehow imagine ourselves complicit in the blowing down of the house of Mubarak, perhaps a bit of self-criticism…
Cultural Politics… On the Events in Egypt 11 Feb 201111 Feb 2011 I ride a train some mornings, hurtling south in darkness toward the port of Tacoma, past shadowed bridges, around fields glazed with frost, through tentative and unheard bird songs. Today,…
Huanqiu Shibao… Egypt, China, and 1989 2 Feb 20112 Feb 2011 Prisms matter. From which perspective are you watching the events in Cairo and across Egypt? For myself, the vantage point this week has been Berlin, Germany, where the dominant hope,…
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