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...Long and Johnson added a disclaimer to the platform page of their site, warning readers that a significant portion of their proposals are a “derivative” of Bowman and Hysen’s platform, and that Long and Johnson “believe our use of it to be fair as parody...
While the jokes may have amused many students, the blatant sexual innuendos have turned off some voters. A member of the Radcliffe Union of Students—a feminist group on campus—expressed her concerns over the RUS e-mail list regarding the campaign’s use of the phrase “Long-Johnson never takes no for an answer...
...Human Rights When Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October, some Chinese bloggers joked that President Hu Jintao was ecstatic about the decision, because it meant the honor wouldn't go to a Chinese dissident. Now human-rights activists wonder if Obama will use the bully pulpit of the prize to push for the release of dozens of jailed activists being held throughout the country. Expectations aren't high. In February, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. wouldn't allow human rights to derail cooperation with China on issues like climate change and rebuilding the global...
After a temporary easing up during the 2008 Olympics, China's system of online controls has grown noticeably stricter in recent months, and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are now blocked. The decision to block Twitter followed the Iranian use of the social networking site in June, says Xiao Qiang, the director of the China Internet Project at the University of California, Berkeley. Websites discussing sensitive topics like Tibet, the Tiananmen crackdown and the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement are also routinely blocked, and in the Xinjiang region, which experienced bloody ethnic riots in July, people are barred...
Still, the media feeds into many misconceptions about America in China. During the U.S. embassy briefing in Beijing, Anti-CNN founder Rao told officials - in what he would later describe as an attempt at humor - that he had seen how the CIA uses extra-legal powers, on the American television show Prison Break and in the Transformers films. How could the U.S. protect Web users?, he asked. "I would recommend that you not use Prison Break and Transformers as your only guide to American culture and government," a U.S. official responded...