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There are many Chinese activists who deserve the Nobel Peace Prize above Liu. One prominent example is Ai Weiwei, whose vulgar critique of the Chinese government strikes a much more pragmatic tone to Liu's ideological esotericism.
More »When your own parents are being beaten and taken to jail constantly for teaching you, your own language, that too just plain Tibetan, you think twice about living in that country, be it your own.
More »I see it as a disgraceful and appalling reflection on our modern culture that people have such a vicarious taste for failure, which the media eagerly feeds.
More »The problem [with Pakistani politicians] is that even if they were a brilliant and competent lot they would still fall flat on their faces thanks to the bureaucracy.
More »Values are universal only when they are abstract. Nobody in China is arguing against "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", but rather where the boundary of "the pursuit of happiness" is in real life.
More »Somebody said one generation has to suffer so that the future generations can enjoy the benefits of change. In China this sacrifice has been made. In India it will never be.
More »Pakistan has 150 cubic meters per capita of water storage capacity in dams. China has 2500. Look at how Three Gorges mitigated the impact of floods in the lower Yangzi. And look at what happened in Pakistan.
More »Make of that what you will, but the common factors seem to be the weight of the mining industry in the local economies and the sheer distance from Canberra.
More »The reason for the outpouring of support is obvious. The "international community" is trying to save face. It must be embarrassing for politicians to be stuck in such a situation.
More »For native Papuans, there's no hope that they'll ever gain independence. Indonesia will be changing BRIC to BRIIC soon...Jakarta will have all the money they need to transform West Papua however they see fit.
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