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Speaking to a room packed with dignitaries and lotteried ticket-holders, Gore opened a weekend symposium addressing global, environmental and security issues...
Students went through ID card checks and metal detectors before checking their coats inside the theater and being led to the balcony--where by 9:30 the majority of the undergraduates who beat the odds and won a coveted ticket had already taken their seats...
Human rights is the big-ticket item for Clinton, and the Administration has repeatedly said the relationship cannot reach its "full potential" as long as abuses persist. A high-profile gesture from Jiang would help: the release of well-known dissidents like Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan, some sign of religious freedom, a credible retreat on prison labor. But berating Beijing on human rights only injures its sense of sovereignty and challenges the regime's legitimacy. Jiang has given little indication that he is willing to do any of those things for the summit's sake, and China experts...
Governing China is indeed an enormously difficult job. But the systematic abuse of human rights by Jiang's regime goes far beyond any need to maintain the civic order necessary to keep China fed or increase literacy. Only maintaining a corrupt, elite Communist cadre necessitates such outrages; the meal ticket Jiang really cares about is his own. It is not coincidental that the two greatest famines that occurred during in the 20th century apart from those during civil wars were in Soviet Ukraine (1930s) and Communist China (1960s). History has shown that democracy is more likely to care...
...show will probably sell out quickly and is generally 21+. Those under 21 should let the ticket office know when you call to make a reservation...