Party intellectuals call for sweeping political reform to prevent an economic slowdown
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China’s Brave New World – And Other Tales for Global Times By Jeffery N. Wasserstrom; Indiana University Press; US$21.95 The term “globalization” is often talked about as a great homogenizing force still unfolding. The near ubiquity of US fast food and pop culture is often held up as evidence of the world’s descent into “Americanization.” […]
Red Mandarin Dress By Qiu Xiaolong; St Martin’s Minotaur; US$24.95 Every Thursday night is the same: A woman is murdered, dressed in a red mandarin dress and dumped in a prominent place in modern Shanghai – the Shanghai of Starbucks, neighborhood committees and women eager to entertain men for the right price. So begins […]
President Hu Jintao was in Tiananmen Square on Monday for the arrival of the Olympic flame in Beijing, Reuters reported. Security was tight as Hu handed the flame to Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang, who ran the first leg of a 130-day relay that will see the flame travel around the world. However, what was […]
Hillary Clinton said America’s national security and its ability to intervene in crises around the world had been jeopardized by the Bush administration because of debt held partly by China, Reuters reported. The New York senator, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said America was "too dependent on decisions made in other countries’ […]