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Chinese have long had to accept that the courts offered little recourse from flawed decisions. But economic development is bringing pressure for change. The country's emerging urban élite now see protecting their individual rights as a No. 1 priority. "The rising middle class likes predictability and security, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Order | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

Like any bureaucracy, Chinese authorities have preferred to leave things the way they are as long as they could. But inaction is no longer an option. By Beijing's own accounting, the country is wracked by more than 70,000 "public-order incidents" each year. What defines an incident is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Order | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

Elliott overlooked one crucial point in summing up Blair's legacy: his lack of enthusiasm for a unified Europe. Blair adhered to the conservative ideal of splendid isolation, obstructing constructive ideas for bringing European countries together. His position helped create a Europe in crisis, searching for its identity as the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

The bulk of the strikes involved what are known as Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks, in which computers flood targeted websites with an overwhelming number of requests for information, bringing the sites' underlying networks of servers and routers to a standstill. The scope and coordination were staggering. At the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Under Attack, Over the Net | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

Back in Riga, the first long summer evenings are bringing residents out into the cobblestone streets. Many gather near the iconic Freedom Monument, erected in 1935 in honor of the young nation's earlier experience of independence, which lasted only from 1921 to 1940. Today, the locals flock here to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sea of Plenty | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

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