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As reported by Xinhua, Hu Jintao has claimed victory in his re-elction today at the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC), appearing to have a clear majority. Senator Clinton told the media not to jump to any conclusions yet, citing an obscure Communist Party rule that allows for “the super army” to install anyone they want–her [...]

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Why is it that people who have made careers tearing others down so often are blinded to the fact that there is always someone gunning for their power? Soon-to-be former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer is the latest in a long line of all too-fallible men (and women) who just should have known better. Instead he [...]

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Jerry “Moral Pygmy” Yang sent Condoleezza Rice a letter Tuesday looking for a way to help imprisoned Chinese journalist Shi Tao get released early from his 10-year prison sentence. You may remember that, not coincidentally, billionaire Yang, who made his money as Yahoo!’s chief executive, is heavily responsible for Mr. Shi’s imprisonment, having giving Beijing [...]

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During the Olympics “Chinese Taipei” will be represented by a group of athletes put in a terribly awkward position. On the one hand, they represent Taiwan, while on the other they most decidedly do not represent the “Republic of China,” which as everyone not in the Bush administration knows, does not exist. This begs the [...]

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Just in case you were somewhere without power this week (like south China) and missed it, Steven Spielberg has not only backed out from his role in the Beijing Olympics, but rubbed it in China’s face. He has announced that his conscience will not allow him to support a country that continues to play a [...]

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For Americans living in China, the announcement that two people were just arrested for passing business and military secrets along to the Chinese government is reason to be slightly tense. One of the two primary targets was American born, while two others were naturalized (born in China and Taiwan), and while the fourth appeared to [...]

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Tonight I was watching a Chinese new show called ‘360.’ The broadcast was pretty interesting in that it went into a lot of detail about the recent Serbian election that seems to point toward Kosovo’s independence, and seems to take a deeper look at world issues. What the broadcast made me wonder is how China’s [...]

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If you want to know where the US is as a political entity in 2008, do not looks to the polls, nor election bickering. Look to the conservative commentators. There is a gap emerging between those who once made up the party of ideas (mostly bad ones) and those who have an idea of where [...]

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One rumor, and one piece of bizarre gossip/conspiracy theory:
1. Joe Lieberman might run with John McCain
2. (this from a normally sane person, who has possibly cracked): The Clintons have secretly hired Karl Rove
The first theory seems like something Joe would do just because it would be so irritating. The second I had to ask my [...]

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I’m a week late, but I’ve watched the entire ‘I Have a Dream’ speech several times in last few days, and it is stunningly moving even now. MLK Jr. died at age 39, which tells you that we should all strive to achieve more. Without any more introduction, here is the speech, and if you [...]

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