Apr
26
New media for 2008 U.S. presidential election
April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Kitty XIE Rui (10)
In previous U.S presidential race, candidates mainly expressed their political programme or introduce themselves through traditional media. While in 2008, all candidates have largely utilized the new media to approach voters. Through the internet, the candidates are leaving the old-way street into a modern interactive playground with the public. In this essay, [...]
Apr
25
Unknow Story Behind Tibet
April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Tia Tian Chi
It has been more than one month after the Tibetan unrest erupted at the “roof of the world” since the mid-March. With the two sets of propaganda machines, different kinds of news, stories, and analysis were produced and spread all over the world. Some of the basic facts become clear to most [...]
Apr
25
The Games – and the Protests – Must Go On
April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Tia Tian Chi
Ever since the chaos of the Tibetan unrest in mid-march, there has been a growing voice outside of China criticizing the East Asian country and its torch relay prior to the Beijing Olympics due to the ongoing issues of Tibetan independence. Many have pointed the finger at the Chinese organizers of the [...]
Apr
25
The fundraising success of 2008 U.S. election
April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Kitty XIE Rui (9)
2008 U.S. presidential election is shaping up to be the first $3 billion presidential race in U.S. history, The Fortune said in 2007.
At that time, campaign-finance veterans predicted that the top-tier primary candidates would need to raise $100 million. Now, it seems the prediction is literally accomplished.
Regularly, the two Democratic presidential candidates [...]
Apr
25
No Guns for Mugabe from China
April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Cindy Ru
Latest development of the Chinese Cargo Ship that was carrying weapons for Zimbabwe- the An Yue Jiang. The ship was refused to be landed in Durban port, South Africa last week, and it was reported the ship then had been headed to Angola.
But yesterday a report from allAfrica.com said the ship has already [...]
Apr
25
Boycotts Olympics? Athelets Say No.
April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Tia Tian Chi
Back in 2001, there were strong disagreements with the decision by the International Olympic Commission to award the 2008 Olympics to Beijing because of China’s poor human rights records. The voice to boycott the Beijing Olympics has been continued for the past seven years with purpose-built websites like Boycott the Beijing Olympics [...]
Apr
24
By Jojo
I came across to an interesting article on the Guardian, with the Title “Whether Clinton, Obama or McCain wins it, prepare for a big letdown.”
After Clinton won Pennsylvania primary, many predicted that this is a good thing for McCain. Because Hillary did well enough to stay in the race, but not so well [...]
Apr
24
Will Olympic boycott go on
April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
Kitty XIE Rui (4)
When 15 U.S. politicians wrote in a letter “it would be clearly for you to attend the Olympic Games in China, given the increasingly repressive nature of that country’s government” to Bush, the White House said Mr. Bush would attend the opening ceremony in Beijing.
Then several demonstrators scaled the Golden Gate Bridge [...]
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
20
Goldstein’s Tibet Study (2)
April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Cindy Ru
A few days ago I was talking with a British friend about Tibet. She asked, “why won’t China give Tibetan people a referendum and let them decide if they want independent or not? since neither you nor I know exactly how the masses of Tibetan people are feeling (about independence)?” I thought about [...]
