Archive for December, 2007
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Dec
07
The challenge to Beijingoism
The mountainous territory has always been an inalienable part of China, they were told, and the Dalai Lama is a sly traitor hiding behind his Buddhist religion to promote secession. The lecture, a rendition of China’s standard government line, put some students to sleep, but most listened patiently.
19
Dec
07
Top ‘Jokes’ in China 2007
While China’s economy has matured rapidly over the last 20 years of market reforms and now ranks fourth in the world, the official history of modern China — taught to more than a billion people, remains largely unrevised and dominated by communist dogma. As China’s global influence rises, experts begin to ponder the consequences of nurturing a nation on a censored version of its own past.
..amidst howls of protest from onlookers. Click here.
06
Dec
07
Bloggers In China
03
Dec
07