“A threat wherever they are”All of the US presidential candidates, according to Amy Goodman, are too hard-line on the growing arms race: “I asked (Hans) Blix what is the single most important thing the U.S. could do to support world peace. Sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, he said.” John McCain says as president he would “begin a dialogue with China on strategic and nuclear issues,” though Bush has already done so, to limited effect. Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund and author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons, says McCain “tries to take a plank from Kissinger, and a plank from John Bolton and build a nonproliferation deck, but it is wobbly, full of gaps.”
China’s Himalayan neighbor Nepal abolishes its 239-year-old constitutional monarchy and declares itself a republic. AFP calls it a “triumph for the ultra-leftists.” The leader of Nepal’s Maoists, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, is known as Prachanda, which means “awesome.” ❑ Filed In Week In Review // On May 30, 2008 //Sharon Stone eats her words and apologizesChristian Dior throws Sharon Stone under the bus and says “We absolutely do not support any remark that hurts the Chinese people’s feelings.” [Read] By Kenneth Tan // At Shanghaiist // On May 30, 2008Filed In Blogs // On May 30, 2008 // Under Feelings , Earthquake (May 12, 2008)Sharon Stone boycottThe front page of China’s Information Times blares “Sharon Stone is an enemy of the whole nation” and says the anti-Sharon Stone movement started “spontaneously.” [Read] By Eric Mu // At Danwei // On May 28, 2008Filed In Blogs // On May 30, 2008 // Under Feelings , Earthquake (May 12, 2008)The Face of China’s Olympic Hopes Is SmilingDespite carrying a greater mental weight “than any Olympic athlete,” hurdler Liu Xiang says the Olympics will be “just another race in my life.” [Read] By Abigail Lorge // At New York Times // On May 29, 2008Filed In Articles // On May 30, 2008 // Under Olympics (2008) , Human Interest- |
