An assessment of thirty years of dialogue by Skylight. For thirty years, Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in Exile has approached the Chinese leadership to resolve the Tibet issue. Since the resumption of dialogue in 2002, there has been seven rounds of meeting and confidence building exercises between Dalai Lama's envoys and the United Front Work Department of the … [Read more...] about (Letter from skylight, Opposing Viewpoint) What has been the result of Dalai Lama’s 30-years of dialogue?
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(Letter from sophie, Opposing Viewpoint) Imagining the current US election happens in China…
I have been following this year's US election. As an onlooker, there is some kind of entertaining element in my interest. But, at the same time, I am asking myself how it would be like if this election process was run in China, a country of 1.3 billion population. Since i don't know the US election process very well, I am asking simple questions here: how feasible is democracy … [Read more...] about (Letter from sophie, Opposing Viewpoint) Imagining the current US election happens in China…
Malaysia's Ethnic Politics
Malaysia over the years has been known for its share of ethnic violence against Chinese and other minorities. Most recently, Ahmad Ismail, a district chief in the United Malays National Organization ruling party, has been quoted to pronounce: … [Read more...] about Malaysia's Ethnic Politics
Thailand's political turmoil
The recent political turmoils have received relatively scant coverage in the Western Press. Nevertheless, many of us here at Foolsmountain think the events in Thailand are important and interesting because they touch upon so many interesting issues - including the rule of law, democracy, class warfare, public education, and the role of military - all of which are also … [Read more...] about Thailand's political turmoil
(Letter from MutantJedi) Follow up on Yang Jia
July 9th, Buxi posted a story about Yang Jia. I think many of us were hoping that his trail would have been public, would have been transparent. But it wasn't. Rather it was done in closed session. … [Read more...] about (Letter from MutantJedi) Follow up on Yang Jia