Word: notionalism
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...they have a fighting chance--and they're as bloodthirsty as their visiting colleagues--at forcing India to start addressing decades of grievances. Given the stakes of a new India-Pakistan war, the rest of the world, especially Washington, might now become involved in untangling the Kashmir mess, a notion India has long abhorred. Which goes to show that when the world starts changing, no one knows where it's going to stop...
...crosses the line into anger. But while we've become jaded to harsh words, we are still shocked when a heated exchange metamorphoses into a physical confrontation. The image of two grown men throwing punches on the sidelines of their children's little league event seems ridiculous - but the notion of a parent actually dying at such a game is almost unfathomable...
...they have a fighting chance?and they're as bloodthirsty as their visiting colleagues?at forcing India to start addressing decades of grievances. Given the stakes of a new India- Pakistan war, the rest of the world, especially Washington, might now become involved in untangling the Kashmir mess, a notion India has long abhorred. Which goes to show that when the world starts changing, no one knows where it's going to stop...
...middle section of the book deals with the Chinese diaspora. Buruma's target in Hong Kong and Taiwan is the oft intoned notion that Chinese culture is inherently antithetical to democracy?a theory that both galls and seduces many of his subjects. He points out that Taiwan's long-discredited, virtually invisible exiles?"dismissed as irrelevant and quixotic as the mainland dissidents are today"?eventually played a vital role in the island's democratization. "For democracy to succeed," Buruma suggests, "China probably needs more Taiwans...
...they have a fighting chance-and they're as bloodthirsty as their visiting colleagues-at forcing India to start addressing decades of grievances. Given the stakes of a new India- Pakistan war, the rest of the world, especially Washington, might now become involved in untangling the Kashmir mess, a notion India has long abhorred. Which goes to show that when the world starts changing, no one knows where it's going to stop...