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- Cut text.... January 24, 2019Dictatorships are rarely transparent. The manner through which a few individuals make decisions that others implement in the absence of decisive elections remains hazy enough that the trite or cliché—the black box, the secret meeting, the hidden network of power—are obvious and ubiquitous for a reason. Each dictator and dictatorship is unique, politically, h […]
- "But the paramount reason for resisting this deal, and any other, is what it would mean symbolically..." January 24, 2019“But the paramount reason for resisting this deal, and any other, is what it would mean symbolically to erect the wall or any portion of it. Like Trump himself, it would represent a repudiation of the pluralism and inclusivity that characterizes America at its best. It would stand as a lasting reminder of the white racial hostility surging through this momen […]
- "My heart goes out to the people living in hardship. In Sanhe Village of Liangshan in Sichuan..." January 4, 2019“My heart goes out to the people living in hardship. In Sanhe Village of Liangshan in Sichuan Province, I visited the families of two villagers from the Yi people. In Sanjianxi Village in Jinan City in Shandong Province, I sat down with the family of Zhao Shunli to hear about their day-to-day lives. In the Donghuayuan community in the city of Fushun in Liaon […]
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Will China’s Hot Growth Burn Us All?
Other title puns considered were: Toasting Chinese Growth until We Are Burned; Let Them Eat, But No More Coal…. Salon’s How the World Works and the FT.com both have mentions of China’s economic growth and increase in greenhouse gas emissions … Continue reading
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