If you listen (its not in the text summary) to the “All Things Considered” NPR story on James Wolfensohn (today’s his last day at the World Bank) at the link below, you’ll hear a reference to “two young men who climbed the World Bank to protest China” and how Wolfensohn...

Here at the SFT office, we’ve noticed this oddity for awhile now, but it finally just got some wider coverage on Boing Boing. The cleverly named “Sugar Free Tibet” mints made by Oral Fixations are packaged in tins that are made in China. In our book, that unfortunately cancels...

For the third column on China in a row, Nicholas Kristof has disappointed me. I can’t say that I understand where the force is in Kristof’s latest glass-is-half-full column on China. Kristof, a man with a vocal propensity for moral clarity, has again ho’ed and hummed over the repression...

Nicholas D. Kristof, of the New York Times, says New York City could go the way of Kaifeng, China, if the U.S. doesn’t make some bold changes. His lessons learned from the mistakes made by a once great Chinese city are: -Implement sound economic policies -Sustain technological advantages -Be environmentally...

At the Personal Democracy Forum conference today, I attended a session entitled “Lessons from the International Stage: England, Canada, Iran and the Middle East”. Rebecca MacKinnon (her blog is at RConversation.com) was the moderator of the discussion. Through her I found two great links. First,...

In the category of “Oh great, that’s what we needed,” the European Union is considering lifting its arms embargo to China. The EU had postponed lifting the embargo earlier this year after the US lobbied heavily to keep the embargo in place. You know you’re living in screwy times...

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