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Spreading the News The volunteers' dedication has been covered in the state media with almost the same enthusiasm as the performance of People's Liberation Army rescue crews. The normally muzzled Chinese press has been freed by the information ministry to saturate the airwaves with quake coverage. The leash was...
Allowing the cameras to roll was unusual for Beijing. But far more significant was China's swift mobilization of an army of more than 100,000 relief workers, including soldiers, police and medical teams, to save those who could be saved, to provide food and shelter to those who lost...
Shu's son, 18-year-old Deng Zhuyuan, sits on a railing and talks in a quiet, steady voice. He believes his mother took some time off after lunch to visit the Zuzhile foot massage parlor across from the factory on Monday. The small shop suffered severe damage in the...
On the streets of Dujiangyan the rescue troops are ubiquitous. Military vehicles are lined up, and People's Armed Police and People's Liberation Army soldiers, kitted out in crisp, matching green camouflage, are battling rain and rubble as they try to reach trapped survivors and control emotional crowds. On...
Such disdain for the democratic process raises a question: why bother with elections at all? Other African tyrannies have dispensed with the awkward trial of popular votes altogether, and ruled as unapologetic autocracies. So why the need for a veneer of respectability, however thin, in Zimbabwe? The answer lies in...