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...that most aggravates Democrats about President Bush? That he campaigned as a centrist but led from the right; he lost the popular vote but governed as though he had won in a landslide. And why shouldn't he? In iPod America, every citizen--bolstered by his self-created echo chamber--is a landslide victor in his own head...
...that most aggravates Democrats about President Bush? That he campaigned as a centrist but led from the right; he lost the popular vote but governed as though he had won in a landslide. And why shouldn't he? In iPod America, every citizen - bolstered by his self-created echo chamber - is a landslide victor in his own head...
...record high, and the pro-democracy camp picked up three additional seats and 58% of the popular vote. But given the peculiar way in which Legco is constituted?with some seats reserved for professional groups?the democrats' success did not translate into a majority in the chamber, where pro-government forces continue to hold sway. "These results are much better than we expected," says Fei Fih, a Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress in Beijing. "But," she admitted, "it will be more difficult for the government...
...course, it's not really fair to blame Hong Kong's politicians for arrested development: Legco was designed for political midgets by Hong Kong's British colonial rulers. Half the chamber's seats will not be elected by neighborhoods but rather by industry groups, which has produced such fascinating challenges as the oral surgeons vs. the doctors for the medical seat. Nor, perhaps, should Hong Kong's people be criticized for concentrating their attention, this year, on the existential questions of democracy and their relationship with Beijing. But for Hong Kong to take genuine steps towards true democracy will require...
...Inside, the cave floor slopes away in the dim light to a wide and uneven ledge before dropping abruptly into a large chamber which curves away out of sight. The only sound is of water dripping somewhere. As he crouches on the slimy ledge among the slender tips of stalactites, the torch light suddenly catches splashes of color on the chamber's far side. There are about 15 stencils, some in such a rich russet they almost glow against the pale limestone, silhouettes of adult hands both left and right, one with a forearm also stenciled, several others with curiously...