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...TIME: You mentioned 1989, the year of the Tiananmen crackdown. You've said that came as an incredible shock to you. Do you think Deng Xiaoping did the right thing? LEE: I cannot judge what he did, because I did not have his information. If, in fact, there was a danger of similar outbursts in other cities, then I think he had to move. But I said later to [then Premier] Li Peng, "When I had trouble with my sit-in communist students, squatting in school premises and keeping their teachers captive, I cordoned off the whole area around...
...Milinkevich tells Time, is simple: "Restoring Belarus to a democracy." But since "free democratic elections are no longer possible in this country," he says, the opposition may try to emulate Ukraine, urging citizens into the streets in a peaceful protest against a rigged vote. The risks of a bloody crackdown are obvious. Nobody wants to die, says Milinkevich, "but living under this dictatorship doesn't leave our children any future either...
...LIFTED. ARMS EMBARGO placed on Indonesia by the U.S. in 1999 after accusations that the nation's military led a brutal crackdown on East Timorese seeking independence; in Washington. A U.S. State Department spokesman said the removal of the embargo would bolster American security objectives in Asia, such as supporting Jakarta's fight against terrorism. Some human-rights groups criticized the U.S. decision, which they said decreased the likelihood that the Indonesian military leaders accused of planning the East Timor assault will ever face trial...
...Fakewatch The United States has never been thrilled about China's taste for fake Viagra and knockoff fashion, but has resisted using trade mechanisms to force a crackdown on piracy?until now. Last week, Washington invoked a seldom-used World Trade Organization rule to demand that Beijing explain what it's doing to enforce intellectual property rights. The move could pave the way for a WTO case against China. "If China believes that it is doing enough to protect intellectual property," U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman said last week, "then it should view this process as a chance to prove...
SENTENCED. NGAWANG CHOEPHEL, 30, a Tibetan music scholar, to 18 years in prison by the Chinese government; for espionage. Choephel fled Tibet as a child but returned in 1995 to make a documentary about traditional music--only to be caught up in a crackdown...