Category Archives: News Click

News Click: June 3, 2009

As the Chinese government faces memories of threats to its authority at Tiananmen Square, the power of new communication channels, such as Twitter, is seen in their neutralization by the powers that be.  The news fails to be run by Xinhua, the … Continue reading

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News Click: May 28, 2009

China fights a skirmish in an ongoing culture war between preserving the past and embracing the future [NYT] Global concerns about control of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are justified as well-organized guerrilla fighters demonstrate the difficulty if not impossibility of defeating … Continue reading

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News Click: May 26, 2009

Baseball-saving Sonia Sotomayor inspires accusations of judicial activism as she graduates from the school of hard knocks to possibly become the first Hispanic to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court [NYT, WSJ, USAT, BBC] Powerful judicial institutions chat about … Continue reading

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