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...Chinese government’s case rests entirely on Yang’s vocal enthusiasm for democracy. China’s imprisonment of a supporter of democracy demonstrates that while China may be more open to the West than it was in decades past, it has yet to adopt fundamental human rights. China must learn that opinions cannot be punished...
...Chinese government’s case rests entirely on Yang’s vocal enthusiasm for democracy. China’s imprisonment of a supporter of democracy demonstrates that while China may be more open to the West than it was in decades past, it has yet to adopt fundamental human rights. China must learn that opinions cannot be punished...
...wave of violent Hindu assertion. But upcoming polls may be forcing the BJP to distance itself from the VHP. With four state elections taking place on Dec. 1, and a general election due within the year, the BJP's more moderate coalition partners are pressing it to adopt a less sectarian line in order to appeal to more voters. Says political analyst Praful Bidwai: "The relationship between the VHP and BJP looks bad, and it seems like the two will drift apart further." The implications for the region are no less important. While the bloody dispute over Kashmir has many...
...this wasteful program is worth holding up to the light because it demonstrates the failures of U.S. energy policy at a time when prices are rising again and America's dependence on foreign oil is once more creating economic pain. As TIME reported in July, Congress's failure to adopt a serious energy strategy over the past three decades is taking its toll on consumers in bloated prices for petroleum products and natural gas, looming shortages of certain fuels, lost jobs, rolling brownouts and little hope for any relief, given that lawmakers are fixated on passing out subsidies, like...
...pretty dumb--though you're not supposed to say it and we usually don't. And we thought that this too would make him easier to swallow.) It turns out, though, that Bush's, um, unreflectiveness shores up his ideological backbone. An adviser who persuades Bush to adopt Policy X does not have to be worried that our President will keep turning it over in his mind, monitoring its progress, reading and thinking about the complaints of its critics, perhaps even re-examining it on the basis of subsequent developments, and announce one day that he prefers Policy Y. This...