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...tanks affiliated with China's government have come to Taiwan to discuss how to handle requests by Taiwan's allies to switch allegiances. Beijing's goal is to "win the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese people," Lin says. "Beijing would shoot its own foot if it tries to steal another ally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taiwan's Leader Keeps Low Profile Abroad | 8/11/2008 | See Source »

...emphasizes that it's their right to stay out of it. He also knows that with Chinese Olympic officials sensitive to criticism during the Games, many athletes would risk their standing within their home countries if they spoke out. As an ex-Olympian, Cheek certainly wasn't going to steal the spotlight. Now China has given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China To Athlete Activist: Stay Out! | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

...closing days of the 1992 presidential campaign, President George H.W. Bush took to waving a bumper sticker with the slogan ANNOY THE MEDIA/RE-ELECT BUSH. Four years later, Senator Bob Dole asked voters to "rise up" against media that were trying to "steal this election." Complaining about the liberal media is a signature of losing Republican campaigns. It doesn't work because whining doesn't look presidential and because annoying the media tends to be pretty low on voters' to-do lists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crushing on Obama | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...release their debut album. In an age of illegal downloading and music piracy, Sony is betting that the Priests are a financial godsend that should resonate with the world's 1.1 billion Catholics - and Raphael figures the devout might also be more likely to pay for music than steal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Singing Priests of Belfast | 7/30/2008 | See Source »

...Afghan civil servants and are invisible to the population. Our lack of success despite our wealth and technology convinces ordinary Afghans to believe in conspiracy theories. Well-educated people have told me that the West is secretly backing the Taliban and that the U.S.'s main objective was to steal Afghanistan's emeralds, antiquities and uranium - and that we knew where Osama bin Laden was but had decided not to catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Save Afghanistan | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

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