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...tougher to control now than it was in 1989, even from the remotest of regions. And though everyone was watching Tiananmen then, this is different. This year, the whole world is not only watching; it's coming to Beijing, less than five months from now. Thus, officials from Premier Wen Jiabao down have felt the need at least to try to make the case that the government response has been measured, and that any violence was the fault of the demonstrators. Before, they would have just thumbed their noses at the rest of the world...
...community. According to Medical School professor David H. Bor, the clerkship program—which receives much of its financial support from the Medical School—is a redesign of the traditional third-year medical curriculum. “The Cambridge Health Alliance will continue to be a premier setting for the education of health professional students and post-graduate trainees,” said Bor, who is also the CHA’s chief of medicine. “We provide an exceptional setting in which to teach medical students about societal and public health aspects of medicine...
...brainchild of activists impatient with the "middle-path" approach. One of them, Tenzin Tsundue, now in detention in India, has been a longtime supporter of more fervent resistance. In 2002, he made news by scaling 14 stories of scaffolding of a Mumbai five-star hotel when Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was inside. "Some would say there is a disconnect between young Tibetans and our political leadership, and that it would help if the Dalai Lama moved toward a sterner position - possibly say China better get serious about the talks or walk out," says Lhadon Thetong, executive director...
...Delhi faces a dilemma. While it is keen to protect its growing political and commercial ties with Beijing-during a January visit to China by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the two countries should be "cooperative partners instead of competitive opponents"-India must also be mindful of the fact that its democratic credentials are one of its major points of difference with China, a difference Indian diplomats are often keen to play up. For Tibetan activists and human rights campaigners, the Indian crackdown seems uncharacteristically heavy-handed. "The Indian police should immediately release the marchers...
That's Novaya Gazeta at its best: half-tabloid, half-investigative paper, riddled with biases--and still Moscow's premier outlet for speaking truth to power...