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...around the world, corrupt governments murder political dissidents, deny freedom of speech and commit genocide. We know this corruption all too well at Harvard, from reading about it in newspapers and studying it in our classes. Yet, Harvard is actually aiding and abetting one of the most egregious of these corrupt governments...
...products sold in Burma are produced by industries tied to the SPDC, and their purchase directly finances the government’s human rights abuses, because the SPDC uses much of its hard currency to purchase arms. As a tourist in Burma, it is impossible to avoid financing the corrupt, fiscally-strapped military regime. The entry certificates paid by the 500,000 visitors to Burma each year supply the SPDC with roughly $41 million annually...
...international community has followed suit, deciding that constructive engagement with a regime as corrupt as the SPDC is pointless. Great Britain and the E.U. oppose tourism in Burma. President Bush recently signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act, which bans goods made in Burma from the U.S. market, freezes the overseas assets of senior SPDC officials and prevents the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank from issuing loans and grants for the regime. “By denying these rulers the hard currency they use to fund their repression,” the law states...
...When the original Infernal Affairs came out last December, it took the box office by storm, providing a welcome jolt for Hong Kong's moribund movie industry. The tight, tense cop thriller showcased two of Hong Kong's top actors as a pair of dueling moles: corrupt police inspector Ming (Andy Lau), informing for a criminal gang; and Yan (Tony Leung), an undercover cop who had infiltrated the same triads. Infernal Affairs raised the bar for what a Hong Kong film could be, and its commercial success guaranteed sequels?a slight problem given that most of the cast is killed...
...least while we wait on the phone, we can distract ourselves with news about secret pension trusts, corrupt stock analysts, accounting fraud and CEO paychecks. Or, we can read the U.S. News &World Report fat double issue, “A Consumer Survival Guide.” Think about it—more than two-thirds of the jobs in the U.S. economy depend upon consumer expenditure. Consumers—that means you and I—own this economy; our cash makes it run. Still, the best we are offered is advice on how to survive the onslaught...