British Prime Minister Gordon Brown greeted the Olympic torch behind Downing Street’s closed steel gates in front of a vetted crowd on Sunday as his way of condemning the Chinese government’s suppression and murder of unarmed peasants and monks in Tibet.
Instead of a smooth free-flowing journey by foot, open-topped bus, boat and bicycle, many of [...]
The Age reports on Man Booker winner, Anne Enright’s remarks before leaving for a trip to mainland China. The Irish author was in Hong Kong for the Man International Literary Festival and planned to fly to Shanghai afterwards.
When asked to comment on China’s curbs on the freedom of expression, from banning books to jailing writers, [...]
Save a Blogger from Begging: Buy Stuff:
Signed first editions
at special prices.
Subscribe to posts
Recent Comments