Pinboard: bookmarks for maciej tagged 'politics'

'The desertification rehabilitation program thus far has consisted largely of fencing in the nearby sand and erecting signs proclaiming: "Controlling the Desert, State Focus Point."'

environment eco china desert policy politics disaster
october 2006 by maciej

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No More Chinese Whispers - James McGregor

"China doesn't really know what it wants to be next. It just knows that it doesn't want to be what it used to be: a feudal country that foreigners could carve up like a ripe melon" Really nice analysis of the US - China relationship and its dysfunctions

china politics international relations analysis interesting us
october 2006 by maciej

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Bloomberg.com: Economic figures for china

crazy growth continues despite efforts to cool things down

stats econ china bloomberg politics globalization
october 2006 by maciej

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The Atlantic Online | October 2006 | When North Korea Falls | Robert D. Kaplan

windbaggy, rather stupid analysis piece about the future of the korean penninsula

asia japan korea mil politics north_korea blather atlantic
october 2006 by maciej

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Elite Chinese Politics and Political Economy - Cheng Liangyu

really comprehensive 'inside baseball' analysis on jockeying for power at the top of the Chinese politburo. Useful capsule description of the two main currents in the Chinese leadership

china politics shanghai scandal analysis
october 2006 by maciej

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EastSouthWestNorth: The Case of Dai Haijing

extraordinary public demonstrations at Tangxia over what looks like the coverup of the murder of a local woman by her wealthy abusive husband. Photos of a full-scale riot unreported in the mainland media

china riot politics oppress crime photojournalism
september 2006 by maciej

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EastSouthWestNorth: The Death of the Hukou-less Baby

heartbreaking story of the pressures imposed by china's internal passport system

china hukou oppress politics migrant urban journalism
august 2006 by maciej

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The Levitator - controversy over publication of new Mao bio in taiwan

details on accusations and counter-accusations about whether a bigwig kuomintang general was a commie

china politics kuomintang taiwan mao history controversy bio
august 2006 by maciej

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Elite Chinese Politics and Political Economy

very intelligent blog by a northwestern prof specializing in chinese political tea-leaf reading

politics china blog polisci sinology
august 2006 by maciej

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Fairfax Native Says Allen's Words Stung

Allen makes pessimal choice of guy to call "macaca". Squeaky clean overachiever with a heart of gold, and unlike Allen native to the county

doh politics us ha iammacaca idiot
august 2006 by maciej

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Soviet political insults

handy guide to these timeless classics with russian transcription and English translation

cccp sov lit dict communism politics reference ha
august 2006 by maciej

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Purges and Hysteria in the Soviet Union

good capsule history of the Stalinist purges

stalin cccp history sov oppress communism politics
august 2006 by maciej

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Taliban's terror tactics reconquer Afghanistan

Afghanistan is apparently being abandoned to its fate

taliban afghanistan war_on_terrah neglect anarchy politics us
august 2006 by maciej

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CNS - A Preemptive Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities: Possible Consequences - August 12, 2004 - Research Story

a 2004 rumination on the consequences of attacking Iran and potential targets in Iran to hit

war mil iran politics nukes analysis geo
august 2006 by maciej

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Israel Asks U.S. to Ship Rockets With Wide Blast - New York Times

US will ship cluster bombs to Israel if Israel pinky-promises not to use them against civilians (again)

war mil israel lebanon atrocity arms_dealing politics us
august 2006 by maciej

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War Nerd - A Hezbollah Upon All of Thee!

Gary Brecher on Lebanon. "No army enjoys getting invited to a second front just when it was starting to enjoy itself on the first one."

war lebanon mil politics rant hezbollah israel guerilla
august 2006 by maciej

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A Moment Mel Would Understand

particularly masterful example of the standard American 'criticizing Israel = anti-Semitism' political essay

blather israel politics sophist grr
august 2006 by maciej

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Zeng Jinyan - sticking it to The Man, china-style

strange and interesting translated blog post about techniques for civil disobedience when being tailed all the time by the PSB

china politics oppress blog ha tshirt cult
july 2006 by maciej

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Caracas Chronicles

really great venezuelan english-language political blog

venezuela chavez south_america politics oil blog
july 2006 by maciej

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Time for a "War on Fat"

'The Fourth Amendment will offer no protection to the obese as their doors are battered down by heavily armed representatives of the "Fat Enforcement Agency (FEA)"'

NO_FATTIES ha manifesto rant idiot politics cult us
july 2006 by maciej

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The New York Review of Books: Mindless in Iraq

devastating article on the casual ineptitude of bush-era iraq policy

iraq books review politics us incompetence oppress no
july 2006 by maciej

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Kung Fu Monkey: Bar Talk

pretty great blog post / bar anecdote / Alan Dershowitz rant

lebanon politics blog bar war oppress saudi
july 2006 by maciej

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The gripping story of why Hu Jintao has never returned to his hometown

Inside baseball post about Chairman Hu and his efforts to rehabilitate his father.

china politics cultural revolution
july 2006 by maciej

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EastSouthWestNorth: Freedom of Identity, Speech and Assembly on the Internet

story of online chinese oppression apparently mirroring real life, but with a funny twist

freedom virtual china politics oppress rpg game avatar bizarre
july 2006 by maciej

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Inspiried piece of senatorial idiocy - Ted Stevens of Alaska on the internets

And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes.

internet politics us gov idiot ha
july 2006 by maciej

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Chron.com | Discovery engineer says he was forced out in safety dispute
shuttle risk engineering politics us space nasa
june 2006 by maciej

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Hearts Still Scarred 40 Years After China's Upheaval - New York Times

"where are they now" article on two Cultural Revolution figures

china politics mao communism cultural_revolution bio repression
june 2006 by maciej

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Chinese protestors shot, jailed over protest of land being expropriated for a wind turbine project

first documented case of people being shot at since tiananmen

china politics civil repression
june 2006 by maciej

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Dragon Boats - background on festival, banned in some parts of china

recent festival was apparently banned in rural areas because of fear of what would happen if a large public gathering were allowed. Comes with bonus background on origins of dragon festival

china holiday politics food cult
june 2006 by maciej

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Gall-Peters projection

history of the brouhaha and a study in sociology

maps cartography sociology politics us
may 2006 by maciej

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Immigration Laws (language and history requirement)

details on what is expected from naturalized citizens

vote us lang politics policy immigration naturalization
may 2006 by maciej

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The importance of ballot design. By Jessie Scanlon

excellent old slate article on confusing ballot design

vote politics design slate rant
may 2006 by maciej

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Beijing or Bust

interesting english-language blog by a beiijnger

beijing blog china politics civil_liberties
may 2006 by maciej

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Associated Press falsely portrays Chavez as seeking 25-year term

this story sounded very fishy when I saw it on the wire, this makes much more sense

ap media venezuela chavez misreporting south_america politics journalism
may 2006 by maciej

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What's wrong with libertarianism

it's the philosophy of a snotty teen, someone who's read too much Heinlein, absorbed the sordid notion that an intellectual elite should rule the subhuman masses, and convinced himself that reading a few bad novels qualifies him as a member of the elite.

politics rant ha libertarianism cult us econ
may 2006 by maciej

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EU inquiry links 1,000 flights to CIA - Europe - International Herald Tribune

number of secret CIA rendition flights far higher than previously estimated

cia prisons poland eu war_on_terrah politics us human_rights
may 2006 by maciej

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The McGill Daily on Chavez

visiting gringo offers perspective on venezuela

chavez venezuela politics south_america
april 2006 by maciej

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Bush can't answer question VideoSift

remarkable exchange in which bush makes light of his own complete ignorance about private military contractors in iraq