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...Some Uyghurs want more rights but to remain a part of mainland China. Others want full independence and claim that Xinjiang province, in China??s far west, historically belongs to the Uyghurs and that China has no claim...
...Indeed, Uyghurs—like most in China??face serious consequences for critiquing the Chinese government...
...Since Goldman Sachs’s Jim O’Neil started promoting his dream of the BRICs—developing markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China??in 2001, Brazil has often been considered the ugly duckling of the group. Next to a former superpower and two ancient civilizations boasting over one billion citizens, the South American giant may have seemed Lilliputian. But the global economic crisis has made a huge difference. Brazil’s admirable resistance to the current turmoil vindicates its placement. It also strengthens the judgment that the B-side of the BRIC...
...Guns N’ Roses has taken the opposite tack as Portishead and Metallica, slapping a sanctimonious album cover on 14 floppy messes and billing the resulting album as a progressive heir to their former greatness. But greatness is no more present on this album than democracy is in China??both are myths. Maybe “Chinese Democracy” should have stayed that way. —Reviewer Kyle L. K. McAuley can be reached at kmcauley@fas.harvard.edu...
...Moreover, ballistic missile defense systems are becoming less necessary. Russia has less than a third of the 1987-era supply of long-range missiles. Indeed, the two countries with missiles capable of reaching the United States—Russia and China??have cut their supplies by almost 72 percent since the Cold War’s end. The case for missile defense systems was tenuous even during America’s long struggle with the Soviet Union; today, it’s indefensible...