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Shame-nesty International: Or, "why NGOs don't do themselves any favors"

Monday, 12 May 2008 5:26 A GMT+09
Sometimes you have to ask yourself "Should NGOs (or at least their publicist) be locked up for their own protection"?

Brainwashing: A Tibetan Monk Speaks Out

Wednesday, 23 April 2008 3:44 A GMT+09
Have ever wondered what goes on inside a Tibetan monastery under Han control, and why ACB considers it to be a crime against humanity? Now's your chance to find out.

Flame of Shame; Flashpoint Japan?

Sunday, 20 April 2008 11:46 P GMT+09
Could Japan be the critical flashpoint in the 2008 Olympic torch procession? If the actions of sponsors are anything to go by, the answer might well be YES.

Flame of Shame: Invitation only

Sunday, 20 April 2008 12:20 A GMT+09
Shorter than had originally been intended, and surrounded by the kind of security that is more usually associated with a Presidential visit to a war zone, the Beijing 2008 torch carries on around the World.

Empathy does not live here any more.

Monday, 14 April 2008 12:49 A GMT+09
The NYT on why America will not find much in the way of solidarity with young Mainlanders over the issue of Tibet.

Smoke, mirrors, and the 2008 Torch Procession

Friday, 11 April 2008 4:25 A GMT+09
If there is one thing that this blogger cannot stomach, its the propagation of ignorance.

Paris to Beijing: Olympic torch is "flame of shame"

Wednesday, 9 April 2008 5:06 A GMT+09
Boos and jeering greet the 2008 Olympic torch in Paris.

Beijing: Tibetan Monks must be more "patriotic"

Sunday, 6 April 2008 11:05 P GMT+09
Apparently, Beijing thinks that Tibetan monks need to be more patriotic.

Beijing: Tibet must be Reeducated

Sunday, 6 April 2008 2:39 A GMT+09
Anybody who knows anything about totalitarian regimes be they real regimes such as those found in Soviet Russia, fictional regimes such as found in George Orwell's 1984 will probably be aware of the term "Re-Education". As will anybody whom is famili

Exiled nuns put the pressure on London over Tibetan

Sunday, 9 March 2008 5:14 A GMT+09
ACB can't speak for everybody, but this blogger finds the following cry for Tibetan freedom to be 100 times more powerful, and 1000 times more meaningful, than Bjork's 3 second protest in shanghai.

Bjork makes 'free Tibet' gesture

Wednesday, 5 March 2008 6:10 A GMT+09
Singer Bjork makes Pro-Tibet, but will it have any impact? ACB thinks not.

Beijing and Washington agree to Korea-MIA compromise

Saturday, 1 March 2008 5:05 A GMT+09
While this is clearly a step forward, it might be so for different reasons than you might expect.

The iPhone debate: Are some Chinese markets freer than American Markets?

Sunday, 17 February 2008 2:44 A GMT+09
Are some Chinese markets really freer than American markets?

BOA in policy 180 after public outcry

Tuesday, 12 February 2008 5:46 A GMT+09
After much critisizm the British Olympic Association is forced to pull a policy 180; Reversing its earlier decision to censor British athletes at the Beijing 2008 Games.

British Olympic Association to do China's dirty work during Beijing 2008?

Sunday, 10 February 2008 2:11 A GMT+09
When you get right down to it, you'd have to have spent the last few years living as a "guest" in Guantanamo Bay not to have heard at least 101 different stories about how Mainland authorities have been cracking down on freedom of speec

Beijing detains Hu Jia, shoots self in foot once more

Saturday, 2 February 2008 5:08 A GMT+09
Once more, China has proven that it has a world class ability to shoot itself in the foot

Shock, horror: "Beijing can spy on your cell phone"

Monday, 28 January 2008 1:06 A GMT+09
For some reason, the West seems shocked at the revelation that Beijing can spy on people's cell phones. Just like they do.

The 2008 "Tokyo" Olympics?

Monday, 21 January 2008 4:28 A GMT+09
When Beijing won the rights to host the 2008 Olympic games, nothing was mentioned about sharing the honors with Tokyo.

Taiwanese elections: 101 different ways to spin a story

Sunday, 13 January 2008 9:59 P GMT+09
Well, the votes are in, the people of Taiwan have spoken, but what does it mean?

Online video: If it's not from Beijing, it's banned

Sunday, 6 January 2008 3:17 A GMT+09
One small step for censorship, one giant leap backwards for online video in China

Beijing to HK - No democracy in 2012

Saturday, 29 December 2007 8:58 P GMT+09
Once again Beijing has made it clear, Hong Kong can't have decide its own destiny, and what little say people will eventually have will have to be acceptable to Beijing. No election in 2012 and no pressure on China from the West, no surprise there.

Chinese Bible printing puts pay to foreign myths

Sunday, 9 December 2007 10:14 P GMT+09
Listen to Xinhua, just this once.

Hatoyama takes pro-tibet line.

Monday, 26 November 2007 2:45 A GMT+09
It seems like only a couple of days ago since somebody in Japan said/did the last thing to "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people".From the pen of Stuart Biggs, BloombergYukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party

Illegal Abortions: China's latest export?

Sunday, 25 November 2007 3:34 A GMT+09
If you think that china's toy factories are "peddling death", then you might just have an opinion on this.

China bans Bibles from 2008. Or does it?

Sunday, 11 November 2007 10:12 P GMT+09
When Senators are willing to believe the worst of China, based on the say-so of Fox News (and co), it can't be a good sign.