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David Shambaugh paints a rosy picture as the People's Republic of China turns 60 [Sept. 28]. Let's not forget that China is a communist dictatorship with a one-party system, a rubber-stamp congress and a judiciary under the control of the Party. Human rights are routinely trampled, even though they are written into the constitution; dissidents are jailed for long periods of time. The Chinese government did not hesitate to send tanks against its own people in 1989, and we have seen what the government can do against the Tibetans and the Uighurs when they dare rise...
...trio used X-ray technology to map the ribosome, which creates proteins that control the chemistry in cells. The findings improved antibiotics' ability to disable ribosomes in bacteria...
When the vaccine arrives, UHS will first distribute it to groups designated as high-priority by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—including pregnant women, medical services personnel, and caretakers of young children—said UHS Director David S. Rosenthal...
...Wasserstein family trust owns New York Magazine, and media observers have posited that Wasserstein’s children may now decide to control the magazine rather than sell...
When people say, “but they’re just words,” they seem to be forgetting that it is the president of the United States who is saying them—someone who can back up such words with executive control of a trillion-dollar economy and thousands of troops. It is a plain reality that, in nine months in office, President’s Obama’s actions have had more of an effect on the world than a lifetime of work by most activists. This does not make the efforts of advocates...