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...domestic matters, too, the same combination of hard and soft is evident. Notwithstanding talk about addressing social strains, in April the NPC's Standing Committee will begin to devise a law to strengthen police powers and penalties for disturbing public order. According to a draft of the proposed changes seen by TIME, the new law would allow police to increase fines, seize property, close down businesses, and hold under house arrest anyone who "violates public-security management." Says Liu Junning, a political scientist at the Chinese Cultural Research Institute in Beijing: "If the ?harmonious society' is the carrot, then these...
...pondering how China might begin to escape from its elaborate web of political fictions, one thinks of the gestures of contrition that German leaders have made toward other Europeans. Willy Brandt penitently fell to his knees in the former Warsaw Ghetto; Helmut Kohl reached for the hand of French President Fran?ois Mitterrand in the bloodstained fields of Verdun. Such symbolism is the stuff from which true forgiveness is born and historical credibility restored. The death of Zhao presented one more opportunity for China's leadership to begin the long, slow process of doing something similar. Alas, this challenge...
...real show, however, was about to begin. Amid a storm of applause, Jackiw took the stage as the soloist for the second performance of the evening, Saint-Saëns’ “Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor.” Though Saint-Saëns is arguably one of the most important figures in the development of modern French music, his work is rarely played by contemporary symphony orchestras...
...directors of the show, Bianca K. Mahmood ’06 and Vasanthi G. Reddy ’06, did a good job of offsetting classical and modern acts, maintaining the audience’s interest by constantly switching dynamics. As it was appropriate to begin the show with bells and classical dance, so it made sense to conclude it with Bhangra, a Punjabi dance style that is undoubtedly the most popular crossover style today. The lively performance featured a number of songs commonly heard at recent parties, and the dance showcased the moves and hip-hop influence that have...
...table. It truly was something more: destiny,” said McGinn, who is also a Crimson executive. “Every time we were about to lose, our team’s theme song, Europe’s ‘The Final Countdown,’ would begin to play over the sound system they had set up at the MAC. It was almost as if that song and that song alone propelled us to the glory that is being Harvard’s dodgeball champions...