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...Since 1996, Howard's practical diplomacy - focused on deals, dialog and trade - has been well received by Beijing. "The comfort level is rising," says Ambassador Fu. Howard speaks of a "partnership for prosperity" between the two countries. "When we think about the future of Australia in the world, we inevitably think of a world where China will play a much larger role," he said last month, in an address to Sydney's Lowy Institute for International Policy. "China's economic dynamism is something we feel palpably in this country." In the 1840s, thousands of Chinese indentured laborers and free settlers...
...political force they have been in the past, uranium mine expansions or a Chinese stake in the industry would bring protesters to the streets. The Howard government has changed the way Australia addresses Chinese human rights violations by pursuing what Downer describes as a "practical and constructive" bilateral dialog rather than by condemning China in a meaningless vote in Geneva. Critics say that approach is only slightly better than doing nothing. "Trade is a great news story," says writer Jose. "The whole question of human rights in China is not getting much play - and that's a big concern...
...through the more traditional route of actually testing a bomb leaves room for a measure of skepticism over just how nuclear they are. Still, the move signals the failure of the Bush administration's six-party talks strategy; Pyongyang is now restating its longstanding demand for one-on-one dialog with Washington, and the U.S. will likely find that South Korea, China and Russia all endorse this call for the administration to drop its aversion to talking directly to the regime of Kim Jong-Il. Hardliners in Washington are claiming vindication, arguing that the North's announcement shows that talking...
...ballot (by voting for every candidate for every position, or by drawing pretty pictures as opposed to casting a vote), the electronic system refuses to accept any form that has not been completed properly. Any attempt to submit a blank ballot is met by an insensitive JavaScript dialog box, which ungraciously informs the would-be abstainer that his effort to refrain from voting is not well-taken. With no way of simultaneously casting a ballot and abstaining from a decision, voters who cannot make a decision on next year’s council leaders are left with only one option...
...percent of the class were new grads, it would be a sad trend towards more unreality over there,” Kreisberg says. “Their vaunted case method is devolving away from a Socratic dialog among experienced young adults towards problem sets for whiz kids...