March 2011
Beijing chooses regime survival over national interests
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
Beijing's massive and finely tuned machinery for imposing civil order has clicked smoothly into gear to try to ensure there is no infection in China from the pro-reform "Jasmine Revolutions" sweeping the Middle East.
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The Links Between Jobs and Revolts
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
There’s nothing like a few revolutions to focus the mind. The lesson the world’s smartest authoritarians are drawing from Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and its neighborhood copycats is simple: It is all about jobs.
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Arab revolt holds lessons for Europe
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
THE Arab awakening is an unfolding story that is barely two months old and will most likely continue unfolding for years to come.
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China rights group slams 'repression', web curbs
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
Rights campaigners in China are facing a "new wave of frenzied repression" after an anonymous online call for anti-government rallies echoing those in the Arab world, a Hong Kong-based group said Thursday.
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Jasmine stirrings in China: No awakening, but crush it anyway
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
AT SOME point in the education of every foreign student of Chinese, joining a chorus of the simple and syrupy song “Beautiful Jasmine Flower” is all but mandatory.
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China Threatens to Expel Foreign Journalists
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
China is changing how foreign journalist can work in the country and reporters are being warned they risk expulsion if they try to cover pro-democracy rallies. Some tourist areas of the capital and Shanghai now have the same off-limits rules governing sensitive areas such as Tibet.
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Online calls for protests put China on the defensive
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
Recent online calls for mass protests have sent the Chinese government on the defensive, and while experts say the online activity probably won't lead to outright revolution, it could force China's leadership to be more responsive to social problems ailing the country.
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Kazakhstan deepens China link
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev returned last week from a visit to China that confirmed the prediction made in these pages seven years ago of an emerging triangle in East Central Eurasian geo-economics among his country, Russia, and China .
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Development key to Xinjiang's stability: regional chairman
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
Raising living standards through economic development is key to maintaining social stability in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, regional chairman Nur Bakeri said Wednesday.
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Plight of Huseyin Celil prompts petition
- Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:00
Students at St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School want family members of a Burlington activist imprisoned in China to know they are not alone. To that end, students Tuesday signed 1,000 petition letters for delivery to the Chinese Consulate in Toronto to appeal for Huseyin Celil's release, and 250 postcards to be sent to Ottawa to remind the Canadian government of his plight.
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