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...mainland, which claims the territory as an inseparable part of China. Any hint that Taiwan may declare itself a nation on its own - neither part of China nor Chinese - have elicited bellicose threats of military intervention from Beijing in the past. That has been enough to keep populist sentiment in Taiwan sober-minded about separatism. But Chen may have found a new way to insinuate independence back into the public debate. And China is fighting back in a new way - with the help of Taiwan's avowed military defender, the United States...
...Populist criticism on the Internet has been at the forefront of the outrage - and may be a harbinger for how grassroots protests are heard by Chinese authorities in the future. As is often the case, coverage of the incident has been gently moved off the front pages of Chinese newspapers. Nevertheless, the subject is still a hot topic on Chinese websites, where much of criticism was directed at the authorities for failing to intervene to stop the human trafficking and enslavement of the brick kiln workers. Even in usually docile official publication like the English language China Daily, the sense...
Barr also ruffled some feathers. A zealous and unembarrassed populist, he declared his determination to make poetry less morose and more entertaining. He endowed a post called the Children's Poet Laureate. He created the Mark Twain Poetry Award, "recognizing a poet's contribution to humor in American poetry." Barr also published several essays criticizing the state of American poetry. He accused it of "intellectual and spiritual stagnation." He called out poets for being addicted to lyric poetry (as opposed to, say, epic or satirical poetry) and for being obsessed with formal experimentation. He dissed M.F.A. programs for churning...
...anything, overqualified. Perhaps gullibly, I believe McGrath Lewis when she says that legacy preference is a mere “feather on the scale.” But it’s a feather that looms large in the public imagination. Even The Economist—not known for populist pandering—has charged that under legacy preference policies, “the students in America’s places of higher education are increasingly becoming an oligarchy.” The magazine continues: “This is sad in itself, but even sadder when you consider...
...she’s been working on it for years,” Irele said. “She’s ahead of anybody in this area, and she’s looking at it from a very sophisticated standpoint—not just some kind of popular, populist approach, very theoretical.” Af-Am Department Chair Evelyn B. Higginbotham and Stanford’s Department of Communications Chair James S. Fishkin could not be reached for comment last night. While the department is poised to gain two familiar faces, Af-Am studies will be losing...