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...Even though Chinese authorities have had almost two decades to learn the lessons of Tiananmen Square - after which it spent time in the diplomatic doghouse - the events in Lhasa were almost a textbook example of how not to handle a crisis: dithering and indecision followed by the application of massive force. For almost two days, rioters met with little resistance from security officers, a sure sign of bureaucratic paralysis, according to Wenran Jiang, director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta. Requests for instructions were making their way torturously up the chain of command. Making matters worse, many...
...past on a moped three times in a five-minute span - staring menacingly and veering closer each time. Resident Luca Giorgi offered a warmer welcome, but his message was ambiguous. "Every time something happens, they talk about 'Ndrangheta. What is this 'Ndrangheta?" asks the 33-year-old pizzamaker, who spent a decade in the northern city of Bologna before returning to San Luca. "No one here rapes women on the street. There's respect...
...spent 60 days in a Dutch jail under accusation of ramming a Norwegian whaling vessel. In 2002, he was forced to flee Costa Rica after ramming an illegal shark fishing boat. And last month, a Japanese Coast Guard marksman allegedly shot him as he attacked an illegal whaling ship in the South Pacific Whale Sanctuary—the bullet lodged in his Kevlar vest...
...could—and should—cover. For instance, I would recommend they write about the new financial aid policies, particularly for those students who want to go into public service-oriented careers but were previously financially constrained from doing so. They might report on how endowments are spent at different colleges. They might investigate the flawed arguments some politicians are leveling against rich colleges like Harvard for raising their tuition, when aid is so generous that most students don’t actually pay the sticker price (Harvard announced that it would increase tuition by 3.5 percent...
...much money they make, we looked at how they used it.” In one part of the study, 16 employees at a Boston firm received bonuses ranging from $3,000 to $8,000. Norton said he was surprised to find that whether or not the employees had spent money on others turned out to be the only significant predictor of their happiness level about two months later, and spending on others brought more happiness than the relative size of their own bonus. Norton said that the results have applications in marketing—a word that most associate...