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The masters of the universe. It may be instructive to learn what US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the "Prince of Darkness" Richard Perle were doing last weekend. From May 15 to 18 they were guests at the Trianon Palace Hotel, close to the spectacular Versailles palace near Paris, for the annual meeting of the Bilderberg club. Rumsfeld is an active Bilderberger. So is General Peter Sutherland from Ireland, a former European Union commissioner and chairman of Goldman Sachs and BP. Rumsfeld ...This ...
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Asia Times - China: Rule of law, sometimes
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China: Rule of law, sometimes. Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please. If you are interested in contributing. That many Chinese families had compiled for centuries. For three decades millions of Chinese tried to forget their roots. Not anymore. Family ties are taking over now that the central government has relaxed its grip on rural economies. Clan power is making a comeback, and kinship ties are back in vogue. Clan temples are bein...The lack ...
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A CASE OF SELF-DELUSION. Part 1: From colonialism to confusion. By Henry C K Liu. The current severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis highlights an obvious fact: that Hong Kong is an inseparable part of China, regardless of the artificial separation in the "one country, two systems" (OCTS) arrangement. Life was harsh and undignified for all of colonial Hong Kong's Chinese residents, not just the new refugees. The densely populated slums where the Chinese lived were regularly ravaged by diseas...