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Ahead of this week's visit to China, Pelosi's first as Speaker of the House, there was some nervousness in China that the high-ranking Democrat would publicly raise human-rights concerns at a sensitive time in Beijing - just one week before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pelosi Avoids Human Rights on China Visit | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

In a speech on Tuesday at a Beijing conference on climate change, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that global warming "is a game changer in the U.S.-China relationship." For the California Democrat's relationship with China, it already has been. She has gone from being one of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pelosi Avoids Human Rights on China Visit | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

The report, which was recently published on a Chinese website, blames the riots not on outsiders but on Beijing's policy toward Tibet, claiming the central government has backed incompetent local officials, created an economy that provides few options for young people, and deprived Tibetans of access to equal justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Failed Government Policies Sparked Tibet Riots | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

What's perhaps most unusual about the report is that it was produced by a group of Chinese scholars working for a Beijing-based think tank. The 22-page document is based on research compiled over a month by four graduate students from Peking University, one of China's most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Failed Government Policies Sparked Tibet Riots | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

The report's harshest critique of Chinese rule was that in tearing down the traditional Tibetan élite, Beijing established a new hierarchy of local Tibetan officials who have badly managed the region's affairs. "The government has given local cadres great power, but shown little supervision. They have learned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Failed Government Policies Sparked Tibet Riots | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

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