Category: Democracy

Now, when we were savage, fierce and wild (Whack fol the diddle o dee die do day) She came as a mother to her child (Whack fol the diddle o the dee do day) She gently raised us from the slime And kept our hands from hellish crime And she sent us to heaven in our own good time (Whack fol the diddle o dee die do day) [“Whack Fol the Diddle,” an Irish protest song] The Tibetan uprising is...

I wanted to alk-tay about ina-Chay, but as it turns out, they’re listening to everything we say here.  China’s intelligence services are gearing up for next year’s Beijing Olympics, gathering information on foreigners who might mount protests and spoil the nation’s moment in the spotlight. Government spy agencies and think tanks are compiling lists of potentially troublesome foreign organizations, looking beyond the human rights groups long critical of Beijing, security experts and a consultant familiar with the effort said. They...