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...Dadu Mercier ’05 is the former Treasurer of the Harvard Haitian Alliance, Edad Mercier ’10 is the former Co-President of the Harvard Haitian Alliance and a History concentrator in Mather House...
...Xiaogang, 53, the founder of Green Watershed, realized that the millions of villagers affected by China's 80,000 dams are a powerful weapon. Tens of thousands facing relocation in Sichuan province rioted last October over compensation for their paddy lands along the Dadu River. They formed a "dare-to-die brigade" that held a local official hostage until Beijing dispatched paramilitary police to the area. At least two smaller demonstrations followed in neighboring provinces. Since the media are barred from reporting on trouble at dam sites, peasants remain ignorant of resettlement problems elsewhere. "If people know what's happened...
...addition to Rogers, Stokes and Pozen, Melissa L. Dell ’05, Joey M. Hanzich ’06 and Dadu Mercier ’05 also participated in the discussion...
Kublai Khan's family rules China. Korea and Mongolia from Dadu (today's Beijing), but related Mongol khanates in central Asia and Russia are virtually independent if not hostile; and the once subservient (and Buddhist) Il-Khans of Persia have converted to Islam. Meanwhile, drawn by the decay of Byzantium, Osman and his Turks germinate the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia...
Center of the World Dadu: Magnet for trade, diplomacy, and the fabled riches of Asia. Rivals: Venice, merchant of the Mediterranean; Timbuktu, golden capital of Mali...
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