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Nathan Schneider: Is a Revolution in China Around the Corner?

2011-07-18T15:55:41Z

Unfolding this month at the Boston Review is "China's Other Revolution" -- an essay by MIT political scientist Edward S. Steinfeld and a series of responses, all on the subject of whether and when real democratic reform will happen, in authoritarian, oligarchic China.

Read more: People Power, Jasmine Revolution, Nonviolence, China, Activism, Revolution, World News

Tom Doctoroff: China's Worldview Imperative: Don't Rock Our Boat

2011-05-31T10:47:39Z

Everything that registers on China's international -- and, for that matter, domestic -- radar does so because it, directly or indirectly, impacts stability.

Read more: Crackdown, Ant Apartments, Jwt, Jasmine Revolution, Hu Jintao, Death Penalty in China, Chinese Dream, Silent Walking Protests, Armani, Cctv, Zhang Miao, Harmony in China, Declaration of Independence, China as Superpower, Egypt Revolution, Middle Kingdom, Chinese Pragmatism, Yao Jiaxing, Chinese Worldview, Chinese Legal System, Chinese Anxiety, Ai Weiwei, Micro-Bloggers, Xi Jinpin, Stability in China, Japan Tsunami, Meritocracy, Chinese Central Government, Wen Jiaboa, Japan Earthquake, Human Rights, Fujian Provence, Chinese Middle Class, Ccp, Chinese Optimism, World News

China Alleges Dissident Artist Held For Tax Evasion

2011-05-20T14:55:30Z

BEIJING — A company China says is controlled by artist Ai Weiwei was accused Friday of massive tax evasion in the government's clearest disclosu...

Read more: Jasmine Revolution, Human Rights, Chinese Dissident Artist, Beijing, Ai Weiwei, Civil Rights, China, World News

Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Released

2011-04-29T16:02:42Z

BEIJING -- China has released a crusading rights lawyer who was detained more than two months ago in a massive security crackdown aimed at preventing ...

Read more: Jasmine Revolution, Human Rights, Chinese Human Rights Lawyer, China Human Rights Defender, Ai Weiwei, Teng Biao, China, Civil Rights, World News

Chinese Dissident Sent To Labor Camp Over 'Jasmine' Protest

2011-04-12T10:20:54Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - A 21-year-old Chinese man who attended a proposed pro-democracy "Jasmine Revolution" protest in Beijing was sentenced to labor...

Read more: Labor Camp, Jasmine Revolution, Chinese Communist Party@Y:World, Chinese Dissident, Ai Weiwei, China, Wei Qiang, World News

Chinese Police Say Detained Artist Being Investigated For 'Suspected Economic Crimes'

2011-04-07T01:58:28Z

April 7, 2011 4:58:10 AM

By Chris Buckley

BEIJING, April 7 (Reuters) - Chinese police said the detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei is bei...

Read more: Tan Zuoren, Beijing Olympics, Nobel Peace Prize, Artists, Shanghai, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jasmine Revolution, Human Rights, Jon Huntsman, Activism, Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei, Chinese Dissidents, China, Chen Guangcheng, World News

A Look At China's Detained Dissidents

2011-04-04T18:04:03Z

The recent disappearance of one of China's most famous contemporary artists sparked new concern for the fate of the country's dissidents.

As the A...

Read more: Jasmine Revolution, Human Rights, China Dissident, Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei, Liu Xiaobo, Slideshow, Nobel Peace Prize, Ai Weiwei, Civil Rights, China, World News

China Crackdown Targeting Dissidents Spreads Terror

2011-03-31T13:08:24Z

More than 20 people have been detained and others are missing in what has been called the most severe crackdown on Chinese dissidents and activists in...

Read more: China Communist Party, Jasmine Revolution, Human Rights, Jiang Tianyong, China Dissident Arrest, China Human Rights @Y:World, Tang Jitian, Teng Biao, China, World News

Dori Jones Yang: Why China Is Restraining Journalists

2011-03-07T13:46:24Z

China's leaders can either begin political reforms on their own terms and try to guide the country into a more open system of government, or they can keep the lid on and risk an outbreak of protests.

Read more: Tiananmen Crackdown, Jasmine Revolution, China, Journalism, Protest, World News

Jayaseelan Naidoo: Food Security: A Matter of War and Peace

2011-03-03T17:36:34Z

From France to India, hunger and food production have long played a major role in revolutions and social upheaval. Food security, then and today, remains a trigger of conflict.

Read more: Jasmine Revolution, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Revolution, Food Prices, Food Security, Food, World News

U.S. Ambassador Caught At Chinese Revolution Protest

2011-02-24T13:21:05Z

Rumored presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman is ruffling more than a few feathers stateside after video of the U.S. Ambassador to China attending a Jasmi...

Read more: Jasmine Revolution, Jon Huntsman, China Revolution, Beijing, China Protest, Anti-Government Protest, China, Republican Party, World News

Bill Quigley: Blind Human Rights Lawyer Beaten and Isolated in Chinese Crackdown

2011-02-22T07:44:04Z

A self-taught lawyer in China who was recently released after years in prison has now been put in home detention -- isolated and beaten by authorities.

Read more: Abortion, Jasmine Revolution, Le Monde, Lawyers, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights, Cnn, Liu Xiaobo, New York Times, Gao Zhisheng, China, Chen Guangcheng, World News

Elizabeth Lynch: The Rule of Law and China's Recent Assault on Lawyers

2011-02-21T14:40:19Z

I met Tang Jitian and was impressed with his understanding of his role in pushing the Chinese government to truly commit to a rule of law.

Read more: Jasmine Revolution, Lawyers, Human Rights Lawyers, Weiquan, Public Security Bureau, Jiang Tianyong, Rule of Law, Falun Gong, Gao Zhisheng, Tang Jitian, China, Rule-of-Law, Chen Guangcheng, Beijng, World News

Ali A. Rizvi: A Nobel Nomination for WikiLeaks? What About Bradley Manning, America's Liu Xiaobo?

2011-02-08T13:33:13Z

Snorre Valen, the Norwegian Member of Parliament who nominated WikiLeaks, was probably on to something.

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Parvez Ahmed: We Are All Egyptians Now

2011-02-03T09:03:58Z

Watching Egypt from afar, we may not be able to help much, but at the very least we can pray that the extraordinary sacrifices of the most ordinary amongst us is not wasted.

Read more: Egypt Protests, Egypt, Jasmine Revolution, Democracy, Muslim, Egypt Revolution, World News

Tom Watson: Sat Dishes and Revolution: Why Al Jazeera Matters There -- and Here

2011-02-02T13:45:06Z

You won't find it on Time Warner or Cablevision, but Al Jazeera's English language television service is laying claim to the viewing loyalty of news-hungry, media-obsessed Westerners.

Read more: Egypt Protests, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Twitter, Facebook, Al Jazeera, Cnn, Ted Turner, Charlie Sheen, Fios, Cablevision, El Abidine Ben Ali, Brian Stelter, Nancy Scola, Jasmine Revolution, Evgeny Morozov, Tahrir Square, Time Warners, Quora, Drudge Report, Mohamed Nanabhy, Media News

Saad Khan: The Missing Link From the Egyptian Protests

2011-02-02T11:40:37Z

Despite the massive protests and glorification of the democracy activists by the western media, a core aspect of sea-change is missing: leadership.

Read more: Egypt Protests, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Riots, Obama Egypt, Mohammed ElBaradei, Jasmine Revolution, Posthosni Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed ElBaradei, World News

Benjamin R. Barber: No Democratic Dominoes in the Middle East

2011-02-01T14:03:34Z

In light of Tunisia and Egypt, and the theory that it's "1989 in the Middle East," we must again be reminded that, as unhappy families are each unhappy in their own way, autocratic Arab regimes are each corrupt in their own way, and likely to respond to pressure in their own way, and hence likely to experience radically distinctive destinies. Democratization comes in many forms, slow and fast, civic and political, gradual and revolutionary, successful and unsuccessful. And of course, sometimes it does not come at all.

Read more: Egypt Protests, Jasmine Revolution, Democracy, Egypt, Middle East, Bashar Assad, World News

Scott MacLeod: Egypt the Day After

2011-02-01T10:34:46Z

The Obama administration, and the rest of the world, must get used to the idea that there is a new Egypt and a new Middle East. The old order that was so comforting to Washington is over.

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Parvez Sharma: Egypt Is Burning, and It Is Not a Facebook or Twitter Event

2011-01-28T17:50:30Z

The majority of the 80 million people of Egypt live in abject poverty. They go to kiosks to make calls. A substantial number have never used the internet. They are not twittering -- they are out on the streets giving vent to three decades of anger.

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Ida Lichter, M.D.: Tunisian Revolt Could Threaten Women's Rights

2011-01-28T16:25:30Z

The country was already known for its relatively secular rule, rejection of militant Islam and reforms of women's rights. Can these rights be preserved following the Jasmine Revolution?

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Parvez Sharma: Inshaallah Twitter

2011-01-27T08:42:56Z

While it is still too early to call the protests in Egypt a revolution, Cairo has been under siege for 48 hours. The three-decade long rule of a despot -- and the country's role as an American ally -- is being challenged.

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Clement M. Henry: The Tunisian Army: Defending the Beachhead of Democracy in the Arab World

2011-01-26T11:27:01Z

A litmus test of democracy is civilian control of the military enshrined in the constitution and exercised through representative institutions, a test which to date no Arab state has passed. So how close is Tunisia now?

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Tunisians Tear Gassed As Anti-Government Protests Heat Up

2011-01-24T12:13:56Z

TUNIS, Tunisia — Authorities clashed with anti-government protesters outside the prime minister's office Monday, teachers went on strike, and po...

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Isobel Coleman: A Day in the Life of a Yemeni Revolutionary

2011-01-20T21:51:45Z

Tawakul compares today's movement to Yemen's 1962 revolution which overthrew the monarchy. All of the same conditions hold true: endemic poverty and disease, a lack of education, corruption.

Read more: Jasmine Revolution, Tunisia, Yemen, Democracy, Hillary Clinton, Civil Society, Sanaa University, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Che Guevara, World News