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...think that Yang Jiechi is China's Condi Rice," says Huang, "but he's actually quite low on the totem pole compared with a senior general, to whom he would have to bow and be deferential." Of course, many bureaucracies suffer from communications problems, blurred lines of authority and plain old dumb decisions. But because of its burgeoning importance in helping to manage world affairs, China now has a responsibility to set its house in order. With 900 missiles aimed at Taiwan on China's coast and U.S. carrier battle groups sailing through the Taiwan Strait, there's ample opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Kitty Hawk Problem | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...look like an unlikely pair to be running together to lead the student body. Willey wears a light-green cable-knit sweater with an orange Ralph Lauren logo matching the orange-pink collared shirt layered carefully underneath. Snow dons a blue raincoat thrown over a plain white T-shirt and jeans...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reconnecting the UC | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...subject, including things that weren’t on the news,” says Murphy, the transitional editor. “Sure, there was always great journalism, but there was great criticism too, and articles about science, pop culture, religion. And oddball articles that were just plain...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns and Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: MOVING THE ATLANTIC | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...need for greater border security in a time of terrorism. But any candidate who claims to be able to shut down the border simply isn't telling the truth. And any candidate who would run for the presidency by cynically exploiting fears born of economic anxiety, ignorance or plain old "European American" racism doesn't deserve to be elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration: The Hottest Issue | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

...must do what generations of political leaders—Israeli, Palestinian, and American—have found unreasonably difficult: To engage opposing sides not as enemies but as partners for peace, and to recognize that serious compromise requires sacrifice from all sides, starting today.As Islamo-Fascism Awareness made frighteningly plain, far too much student energy has been devoted to the false notion that peace and security—for America, for Israel, or for any nation—can be achieved by mobilizing public opinion against “the enemy.” This vicious ‘with...

Author: By Noah Hertz-bunzl and Paul R. Katz | Title: Annapolis On Campus | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

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