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The race toward barbarism: |
November 21st, 2009
Western thinkers, many of whom cannot speak or read any non-Western language, are held back in their analysis of modern civilization by the assumption that modernity is an exclusive characteristic of the West. At a time when the sole superpower is resurrecting the practice of imposing national will by military might, Henry C K Liu examines this assumption in a series of articles.
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HK citizens call impromptu referendum: |
November 21st, 2009
Last Tuesday a protest by about 500,000 Hong Kong residents regarding the controversial security bill known simply as Article 23 and the subsequent postponing of a vote on the bill amount to something of a political revolution. Beijing is on notice: democracy just will not go away in Hong Kong. - A Lin Neumann
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Why Hong Kong is really in crisis: |
November 21st, 2009
Recently, Henry C K Liu wrote in Asia Times Online that "no law-abiding resident in Hong Kong would be directly affected by the pending security law". Jamie Miyazaki takes strong exception to that and other observations about Hong Kongs controversial Article 23
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Childs death turns up heat on Chinese police: |
November 21st, 2009
The starving death of a toddler whose mother had been arrested has touched off a new round of controversy surrounding law enforcement in China. The latest case is fueling the widespread view of police as cold and indifferent to the rights of citizens. - Miao Ye
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