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...last 18 months have seen a growing number of arrests, detentions, prison sentences and other measures apparently aimed at heading off greater freedom of expression, not just in the arts, but in religion, the Internet and both the foreign and state-run media. Last week, reporter Ching Cheong was sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly spying for the government of Taiwan, a charge his family and lawyers say is unfounded. The Hong Kong-born journalist was working for the Singapore Straits Times when he was arrested. A few days earlier, Zhao Yan, a researcher in the New York...
...enthusiasm for its causes. For instance, on the eve of the Lebanon cease-fire, it celebrated Hizballah's non-defeat as if it were an Iranian victory. It cooked what was billed as the world's largest kebab--more than 21-ft. long. And Iranians were "asked" via the state-run media to go up to their rooftops at an appointed hour and shout "Allahu akbar" (God is great). The tradition, from the early days of the Islamic Revolution, used to draw people out en masse. The city reverberated with their cries. Last week, across most of Tehran, one heard...
...start of the school year has not been entirely smooth. Several state-run schools won't open on time because of construction problems. Parents have found it difficult to navigate the new school system, and officials are laboring to hire qualified teachers and retrain existing ones. The teacher's union has complained that some schools have opened prematurely...
...image of Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah have expressed their anger on Syria's streets, the official media was somewhat mute on events in Lebanon. In the capital the first night the border was bombed, cabdrivers and caf? owners knew about the hits, but they were not reported on the state-run media - typically the first to run with lurid tales of alleged Israeli aggression. Although the regime benefits domestically from its identification with the popular Hizballah, it can't afford to be dragged into war by an outraged public...
...stores. But for all its commercialism, it’s hard to believe that the minimum wage is in Luoyang is about 300 yuan per month, equivalent to about $37. It’s especially difficult to imagine what this means while volunteering at the Luoyang Welfare Institute, a state-run home for 500 orphans and foundlings, a majority of them disabled. What does it mean to buy three packs of macaroni for an arts and crafts project at 24 yuan, when that same amount could feed eight, clothe at least one, or pay for five haircuts? Should we spend...