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...Hong Kong's democratic movement is diverse and diffuse. The widespread feeling that the territory should be freer to run its own affairs is tempered by the reality that Hong Kong cannot survive without China's blessings. Discontent is often driven by short-term concerns, and the faction-riven Democratic Party seems incapable of playing the leadership role it should. "It's China that's become more open-minded and forward-looking," says Mandy Tam, a pro-democracy but independent legislator, "and the Democratic Party that's pushy...
...closures come at an awkward time for the Indonesian government, with Yudhoyono wrapping up his otherwise successful trip to Washington. The two sides reached an agreement on sales of nonlethal equipment to Indonesia's military, long withheld because of accusations of widespread human-rights abuses. But it was also hoped that Yudhoyono's visit would help entice foreign investors to Indonesia who are still skeptical over corruption and spooked by the country's terrorist rumblings?a fear that the embassy closure does nothing to assuage. It's possible, though, that the shutdown might actually strengthen Yudhoyono's hand in dealing...
...Hong Kong's democratic movement is diverse and diffuse. The widespread feeling that the territory should be freer to run its own affairs is tempered by the reality that Hong Kong cannot survive without China's blessings. Discontent is often driven by short-term concerns, and the faction-riven Democratic Party seems incapable of playing the leadership role it should. "It's China that's become more open-minded and forward-looking," says Mandy Tam, a pro-democracy but independent legislator, "and the Democratic Party that's pushy...
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...Tehran's confidence on the nuclear front is based less on its widespread domestic support on the issue than on the international balance of forces that will dictate how the crisis plays out. A top delegation of European leaders, including Britain's foreign secretary Jack Straw and EU security chief Javier Solana, are expected to meet Iranian negotiators in Geneva on Wednesday, anxious to walk Tehran back from resuming uranium enrichment activities. Those are allowed under the rules of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, but the EU-3 (Britain, France and Germany), like the U.S. and Israel, suspect that Iran...