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...decade Deng Xiaoping had reignited domestic economic reforms and China had normalized its place in the world after its post-Tiananmen isolation. Politics, however, remained frozen and the heavy hand of the state remained evident. Only during the present decade, in the waning years of Jiang Zemin's rule and under Hu Jintao, has the Communist Party begun to experiment with very limited political reforms. My discussions with those party officials involved with crafting the "democratic" reforms makes clear that there are strict boundaries to how far they will proceed...
...Chinese intellectual life has also improved, although over time this remains one of the real dark spots of Chinese communist rule. For six decades intellectuals have been persecuted, harassed and forced to conform and create within various boundaries set by the state. They continually probe the boundaries - until the state pushes back. Despite continuing controls, public and private discourse in China has never been so free. The blogosphere and Internet are alive with unbridled discussion - unless and until it crosses the state censor's invisible hand. (Read "Avoiding Censors, Chinese Authors Go Online...
...their children. Researchers define corporal punishment as physical force intended to cause pain - but not injury - for the purpose of correcting a child's behavior, not simply hurting him. Studies have shown that very few parents who use corporal punishment also beat their kids, but Straus can't rule out the possibility that his data are confounded by the presence of child abuse, which past research has shown to affect victims' development...
...government in future discussions? These positions were really not that important to us. We think what they did was wrong, to intervene in the domestic affairs of another country. While they speak of democracy, they chose to side with a minority in our country whereas democracy means the rule of majority. Those who actually seek to uphold democracy should at all times uphold the rule of the majority although the majority of Iran doesn't really need specifically Mr. Obama's support nor the support of any other government for that matter. It is not an important topic to bring...
...troops that went into Afghanistan. At the time what was said and the measures takes were different than what is said and done now. At the time, it was supposed to be one of the intentions to contend terrorism not for a group of people to come and basically rule over the Afghan nation. The deal was come and go, not come and stay...