China Reform Monitor: No. 830
Number of female smokers, cancer patients skyrockets;
Taiwan universities to accept mainland students for first time
Number of female smokers, cancer patients skyrockets;
Taiwan universities to accept mainland students for first time
Whatever happened to the Green Movement? A year after the fraudulent reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad galvanized a groundswell of popular outrage, protesters in the Islamic Republic are growing silent. This has led some observers to conclude that the country's counterrevolution has run its course. But a closer reading of events shows a movement that is still viable, if beleaguered.
China faces tough choices on Cheonan;
Hong Kong Dems press for independence
Ukraine, Georgia off NATO's agenda;
Putin, Medvedev split on Soviet legacy
North Korea's brazen, unprovoked torpedoing of a South Korean warship last month has refocused international attention - and criticism - on the Stalinist regime situated above the 38th Parallel. Beyond the public outrage now coming from Washington, however, it's painfully clear that the White House doesn't possess much by way of a coherent approach toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) or its "Dear Leader," Kim Jong-il.