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...contrast to 1989, when the protests were sparked by anger over corruption, inflation and other domestic issues. "I simply don't see any kind of nationwide challenge to the Party emerging because you can't blame them for what's happening, it's coming from outside China," says Cheng Li, a China scholar at Washington's Brookings Institute. Li points out that, as it has been at pains to point out regularly in the official media, the government's reaction has been swift and decisive, including everything from announcing a 4 trillion renminbi ($587 billion) stimulus package, repeatedly lowering interest...
...would have more confidence in TIME if worthier individuals stared out from its covers. Jet Li, no doubt an altruistic and decent man, could do much more to shape China's future in a positive way. At a time when a prominent democracy activist has been jailed for signing a letter asking for competitive elections and openness in China, we are reminded that the country will be sculpted by ideological battles, not philanthropic organizations. Li would be more deserving of the apparent reverence heaped upon him by awestruck Sichuan people if he were to take a real stand and challenge...
...Judging from this saccharine treatment of an action-movie star's adventures in charity, the writer might have been better served building a golden idol to Li. The story charts Li's noble endeavors with uncritical adulation - from plugging shamelessly self-flattering quotes to the strange implication that B-movie plot themes can lay down a foundation for morality. Li's case would have been helped had he received a less frothy and dripping paean. Instead of pushing forward a more thoughtful agenda, TIME used its eloquence to further entrench the celebrity worship that plagues the international humanitarian scene. Jawahar...
...Staff writer Lingbo Li can be reached at lingboli@fas.harvard.edu
...Staff writer can be reached Lingbo Li can be reached at lingboli@fas.harvard.edu