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The Most Provocative Filmmaker in the World: A Conversation With Mads Brügger on The Ambassador

Jason Apuzzo | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: The-Red-Chapel, Werner Herzog, Africa, Central African Republic, Liberia, Jean-Bedel Bokassa Central African Republic, Mads-Brugger, Sundance Film Festival 2012, Colonialism, Communist China, North Korea, Omar El Bashir, Blood Diamonds, Robert Mugabe, Carl-Theodor-Dreyer, Heart of Darkness, The Ambassador, Mads Brugger, Video, Entertainment News
Jason Apuzzo

He's punk'd both the North Korean communist government and in his new film, the Central African Republic and its corrupt diplomatic culture. Mads Brügger is one of Europe's funniest and most controversial filmmakers, although most Americans haven't heard of him -- yet.

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Why Does Ai Weiwei Owe China $2.4 Million?

nytimes.com | ANDREW JACOBS | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Weiwei, China Art, Weiwei Crimes, Communist China, Weiwei Tax, Ai Weiwei, Dissident Artist, Political Art, Arts News

BEIJING -- Ai Weiwei, the dissident artist whose secret detention earlier this year stirred an international outcry, has been given two weeks to pay $...

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The Blowback World of Chalmers Johnson: Remembering the Man and His Work

Sheila K. Johnson | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Chalmers Johnson, Student Protests, Chalmers Johnson Berkeley, Communist China, Japan, Sheila K. Johnson, China, Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Politics News
Sheila K. Johnson

In going through my husband's files, books, and papers after his death, I've been forcibly struck by how, contrary to what many of his obituaries said, his writings and thoughts were remarkably consistent throughout his life.

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Ai Weiwei Thinks Of Clashes With Communist China As Performance Art

nytimes.com | EDWARD WONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING -- The studio would have stood at the heart of an embryonic arts cluster on the outskirts of Shanghai, drawing luminaries from around the worl...

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Remembering John Lennon at Dharamshala

Jamyang Norbu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Concert for Bangladesh, The Killing Fields, Chairman Mao, Communist China, Liberation of Bangladesh, Lotus Fields, Pakistan, Tibetan Paratroopers, Tibet, George Harrison, Kissinger, Beatles, John Lennon, Dith Pran, Genocide, Cambodia, Imagine, Kashag, Nixon, Revolution, Dharamshala, World News
Jamyang Norbu

I remember the exact night, thirty years ago, when I heard John Lennon had been murdered. I was in the hall of the kashag (the Tibetan cabinet) buildi...

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The Hand That Pulls the Trigger

The Morningside Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Korea, China, South China Sea, Grandfather, College, Sino-Japanese War, Mao, Communist China, Rape of Nanjing, Japan, First Generation Immigrant, World News
The Morningside Post

For me, nationalism is the Koran-burning, the Arizona immigration law, and the Iraq War. Taking up arms to spread democracy? No, thank you. But apparently, nationalism is in my blood.

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Bob Trask: An American Thinker

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Philosphers, Bob Trask, Dale Carnegie, Communist China, Henry David Thoreau, Norman Vincent Peale, Self-Help Books, Self-Help, Book Publishing, Books News
Heather Robinson

Human beings have great power over ourselves and our life's direction through the exercise of free will. "We create our realities by where we focus our attention," Trask writes.

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Another '60s Anniversary: The Ur-Action Blockbuster Goldfinger

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Mike Myers, Oddjob, 1960s, Mustang, Cubby Broccoli, Goldfinger, Harry Saltzman, Ford Mustang, George W. Bush, Honor Blackman, Goldeneye, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Fleming, Austin Powers, John Barry, Casino Royale, Paul Johnson, Steven Spielberg, Thunderball, Apollo 11, Jaws, James Cameron, Moon, The Rock, Dr. No, Soviet Union, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Communist China, Shirley Bassey, True Lies, Guy Hamilton, Mad Men, James Bond, Warren Beatty, Indiana Jones, Ursula Andress, George Lucas, George Lazenby, Transformers, Beatles, Tom Cruise, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig, Michael Bay, From Russia With Love, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Though Goldfinger looks almost sedate compared to today's jittery, mashed-up action pictures, editor Peter Hunt's work 45 years ago, emphasizing fast hard cuts, was an innovation.

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Memories of a Goddess

Steve Futterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goddess of Democracy, China Tiananmen Square, Communist China, Tiananmen 20th Anniversary, Tiananmen Square Anniversary, Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Protests, China, World News
Steve Futterman

It stood for one week, but 20 years after its birth and death, the Goddess of Democracy endures as a lasting symbol.

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The Legacy of Tiananmen for Chinese Politics

Susan Shirk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese-Protests, China Tiananmen Square, Communist China, Tiananmen 20th Anniversary, Chinese Communist Party, Tiananmen Square Anniversary, Tiananmen Square, World News
Susan Shirk

The Party has devised a formula for survival based on the lessons from the Tiananmen experience: Prevent large-scale protests, avoid public leadership splits and keep the military loyal to the Party.

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