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A Note to Chinese People and the Chinese Government

August 2, 2008 – 1:17 pm

I just read an article written by the Associated Press detailing how the Chinese people feel betrayed by the west because of the incidents surrounding the Olympics. Demand better of the people that lead you— just as I demand better of the people that lead me.

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Ignoring China Won’t Change China

April 7, 2008 – 7:23 am

Konnie Huq nearly had the Olympic torch snatched out of her hands, but even that wasn’t enough to make her reconsider what the Olympics in China means. Nor will I allow people to make the audacious claim that participating in the Olympics will bring change.

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Cuba Versus China (the politics of being useful)

March 19, 2008 – 9:18 pm

NY Times (A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears) The question Americans should be asking is: Why is it that Cuba is so bad but China is okay? Why is it that China kills, tortures, and suppresses its people and gets to host the Olympics, while Cuba keeps getting punched in the throat?

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