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...military junta in Myanmar. These advocates apparently believe that they can make a difference by convincing financial institutions to stop investing in companies such as PetroChina and Chevron, which are linked to atrocities around the world. There is no question that the genocide in Darfur and the violent military crackdown in Myanmar are acts of brutality that should be stopped, but divestment is both an economically unsound and ineffective way of achieving these ends...
...system as a democratic means for socializing and bonding remains intact. In recent years, Stein Clubs have helped further this goal of promoting House social life, largely without promoting a culture of alcoholism. Though the future of Stein Clubs seemed under threat with the College’s recent crackdown on underage drinking, its new policy banning hard liquor from Stein Clubs is reasonable, and even laudable: it both strives to preserve a key component of House life and emphasizes responsible drinking...
...novel The Crazed ends amid the aftermath of the bloody Tiananmen massacre of June 1989. Jian Wan, the longhaired grad student and narrator, has been in Beijing and has seen the monstrous crackdown firsthand. Back in his staid university town, he is tipped off that the police are coming to arrest him as a counterrevolutionary. He flees, hawking his Phoenix bike to a fruit vendor for some apricots and enough change to buy a train ticket to Nanjing. From there, Jian plans to board an express train heading south to Guangzhou, then sneak into Hong Kong and eventually make...
...While the PPP plays the Thaksin card, the rival Democrats point to their record in ruling Thailand after two previous crises: the bloody military crackdown on democracy protesters in 1992, and the regionwide economic crash five years later. "We restored political calm and laid the ground for economic recovery," says Korn Chatikavanij, the party's deputy secretary general. "Our record in government is solid." Democrats are also banking on Abhisit Vejjajiva, 43, their fresh-faced, Oxford-educated leader. Abhisit is clearly Prime Ministerial material, but remains untested in high public office and is said to lack the common touch. Samak...
...Tiananmen crackdown hardened many students' resolve to stay abroad. When the pro-democracy protests escalated in Beijing, Chen joined other expatriate Chinese students in their own demonstrations. After earning his Ph.D. in genetics, he stayed in Japan, developing biotech products for Japanese companies. But three years ago, Chen decided that he, too, should profit from China's economic boom. The possible taint of his Tiananmen activism had worn off; plenty of other former protesters were now striking it rich back home. Today, Chen helms a consulting company that helps Japanese pharmaceutical firms conduct clinical trials in China. "Without us, Japanese...