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xuejiao lin

The changing web of Chinese nationalism - 1 views

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China culture politics Internet speech freedom

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  • xuejiao lin on 05 Oct 09
     
    Nowadays, Chinese people are enjoying greater freedom of speech and access to Internet. Both external environment and domestic development contribute to this. As in the new nationalism that forbidden by authorized government, the changing web of Chinese nationalism is such a powerful tool that inspires people to observe and thought independently. It also creates online nationalism, which could be considered as a growing potential turbulence.
  • Blaze Yau on 05 Oct 09
     
    I agree what you talked about the online nationalism of Chinese as a growing potential turbulence. In fact, there are a lot of cases showing the trend of the ' growing potentail turbulence'. The debate between Chinese governement and the Melbourne Film Festival on the documentary of Rebiya Kadeer (The 10 Conditions of Love) has led to breakdown of Film Festival's offical site. People believed that the site has hacked by Chinese hacker. I believe that the Chinese nationalism is obviously leading to an online nationalism which may impact on both positive and negative sides.
Chaya Seewoonarain

Rev. Jesse Jackson: Why Africa Matters - 0 views

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africa ivory coast democracy globalization

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  • Chaya Seewoonarain on 26 Aug 09
     
    Perfect example of the paternalist and colonialist view of Africa is Nicolas Sarkozy's discourse in Dakar's university in 2007. Here is the link to the translation of the speech: http://marian.typepad.com/marians_blog/2008/04/africa-outside.html
  • Chaya Seewoonarain on 26 Aug 09
     
    What strikes me is that while Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks about Ivory Coast's path to democracy, his discourse begins with the material prospects that Africa has always represented in the eyes of the West. Is that why Africa matters?
  • Chaya Seewoonarain on 26 Aug 09
     
    We ignore Africa at our peril. The African continent will only become more important in the future, and the whole world has a stake in what happens there.
xinning ji

Beijing bites back over Kadeer visa and iron ore prices | The Australian - 0 views

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  • We regret that the Chinese government has felt obliged to take these steps, since the government's position on the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region is clear
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      xinning ji on 18 Aug 09
       
      I think what Chinese government insists is that XInjiang is part of CHina. Like Melbourne, it is part of Australia. if someone or a small group said independence of Melbourne, how would AUstralian government think? it is about a national sovereignty that cannot be changed.
  • anonymous on 19 Aug 09
     
    Can China achieve its aims by acting in this way? Is closing dialogue with Australia as 'punishment' going to solve anything? And does China except us to take their political pressure to restrict constitutional rights such as freedom of speech (such as in the Kadeer case)? Just some thoughts.
xinning ji

Nova to screen Uighur film - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au - 0 views

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  • It would have been easy for us to err on the side of caution, but we felt it wouldn’t be fair to the filmmakers to rescind our offer
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      xinning ji on 13 Aug 09
       
      based on my understanding, what Nova general manager trying to say is to give free speech and equality to every filmmaker, rather than take any political action against Chinese government. But it is hard to make sense because when the film is going to release to the public, it will influence on audiences, and change their behaviour and attitude. more seriously, it will lead to misunderstaning and grudge to people who do not really know or know little about China. It is hard to judge who is right or wrong, but hopefully, one day we can get mutual respect and understand among different cultures and religions.
Andrew Ooi

General election debates: three main news channels reach agreement - Times Online - 0 views

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UK elections debate Gordon Brown

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  • Pressure on Gordon Brown to agree to a televised debate between the three party leaders increased when the main news channels proposed a series of debates during the election campaign
  • Negotiations in the build-up to previous elections have been derailed by haggling over the structure of a debate, including the timing of opening speeches, the role of the moderator, and whether questions would be taken unscripted from a studio audience or agreed in advance.
  • Andrew Ooi on 04 Oct 09
     
    A televised debate for UK's elections look more promising as the main news channels have agreed on how the debate will take place.
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