Apr
21
The Tibet information war
April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Kitty XIE Rui (3)
Shrill protests about CNN’s commentator Jack Caffertu filled the air in recent days. His remarks about Chinese goods and the Beijing government inflamed a community which is already angry about international condemnations directed at the host country of the upcoming Olympics. The website anti-cnn.com, which aims to document inaccurate foreign coverage of [...]
Apr
21
Australian farmers doubled global rice prices?
April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
by Rachael
An article from the New York Times last week put up a direct link between Australian farmers and global soaring rice prices plus food shortages.
The author of the article wrote that “[t]he collapse of Australia’s rice production is one of several factors contributing to a doubling of rice prices in the last three months [...]
