shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 12 2008 | china, olympics, beijing
Really interesting article looking at why China isn't getting the respect it hoped for out of the Olympics (one reason: self-defeating visa policies that prevented more foreign visitors from attending the games).
Quoted: To say Beijing is eager to welcome foreign guests to the Olympics may be the understatement of the century. In the Olympic Village, where the athletes live, friends say that the enthusiasm and attentiveness of the volunteers borders on harassment.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 21 2008 | china, tibet, world, news
The Dalai had recently said he's given up on hope for reaching an agreement with China. I wonder if that's actually pushing other Tibetans to solidify an independence movement now...
Quoted: Long associated with the Dalai Lama and his “middle way,” the exile movement has reached a crossroads.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 07 2008 | photography, china
A neat Slate slide show of China 50 years ago.
Quoted: A unit of the People's Militia waits its turn at the daily morning drill. In the background, Tien An Men Palace, where the country's leaders stand to review patriotic parades, 1958.
ShareViewed: 6 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 29 2008 | china, world, news
A good Explainer from Slate detailing why China insists on maintaining a stronghold on Tibet...
Quoted: Tibet is a remote, impoverished mountain region with little arable land. Why does China care so much about keeping it?
ShareViewed: 26 Times - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 07 2008 | religion, politics, china
I didn't realize that Chinese New Year celebrations had been so stifled by China's government.
Quoted: The government has banned many of the traditions associated with Chinese New Year—but the holiday may be staging a comeback.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 17 2007 | news, religion, china
Dang, Bush actually said, "America cannot look to the plight of the religiously oppressed and close their eyes or turn away.” Like I said, looks like George doesn't like to be bullied. I can't believe he went as far as to urge China to meet with the Dalai Lama - I gotta say, I'm pleased, even if it's only symbolic.
Quoted: President Bush, raising the ire of Beijing, on Wednesday called on China to welcome the Dalai Lama to the communist nation. The president called him a “universal symbol of peace and tolerance, a shepherd of the faithful and a keeper of the flame for his people.”
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- Anjali - Aug 13 2008
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