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...past, Mo Yan has nothing to prove. But these days, says Abrahamsen, Mo Yan "knows exactly where the lines are and doesn't cross them." Discussion about the drawbacks of the one-child policy, and whether it should be rolled back, is now permissible in China, for example. "I think the reason the book got published now is because it's not controversial anymore," says Abrahamsen. (See photos of the making of modern China...
Carman gamely argues with the BNP supporter, asking him to "vote anyone except the BNP. In a quiet, reflective moment, I urge you to think again." His interlocutor remains unconvinced. Yet on such exchanges - and on the ability of the political classes to reinfuse a dispirited population with a shared sense of purpose - Britain's future depends...
...further. "They want to involve the Pope at all costs," he tells TIME. "It's a desire to destroy the church, and this is an operation that has been well planned. They don't like the church's teachings on moral questions and sexuality, and this is how they think they can strike...
Conversely, the E.U.'s full potential has not yet been properly appraised by Asia. While Asia is trying to improve relations and contacts with the U.S., Mahbubani asks Europeans to think the "unthinkable - the transatlantic partnership may come to an end." Why should Europe give up a functioning partnership with an essential partner and friend on the global scene? Just like many Asians, Europeans dislike the idea of an all-powerful G-2. We seek intensified cooperation with America but also with Asia, the Middle East, Russia and the Mediterranean region precisely because we believe in a multipolar rather than...
...remain uninterested in these new positions, and that senior politicians in European countries have not put themselves forward for appointment. Foreign policy run by the E.U.? No thank you. If you are looking for the E.U. to act as a major political bloc at the international negotiating table, I think that you will have a long wait...