Keywords: Tiananmen Square
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Mark Carkeet and Graham Kershaw
- 17 August 2010
They're elderly, unstable, probably a couple, their cheerful eyes sprung like steel against the cold, their hands arthritic, resigned; their grip carrying no conviction. Concentration lapses. People fail to see. This has never been a Labour town.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 08 July 2010
10 Comments
Archbishop Denis Hart's letter of
apology for sexual abuse by Catholic priests drew a variety of responses. Some expressed gratitude, others found it inadequate. The letter and responses invite broader reflection on the
place of letters of
apology by leaders of churches.
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MEDIA
- Peter Hodge
- 27 January 2010
14 Comments
When western campaigners used the Beijing Olympics to promote
the Tibet issue, the Chinese felt the attention was sensationalist and unfair. So it's no surprise the Chinese media took notice when violence against foreign students in Australia came to prominence.
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AUSTRALIA
Kevin Rudd's China visit is proceeding brilliantly. But by announcing Australia's interest in a Security Council candidacy to the UN Secretary-General, he may have shown his hand before Australia is able to undo the damage the previous government did to our reputation in the
UN.
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RELIGION
- Brian Doyle
- 13 November 2006
No politician or poet from the Old World will lead us there. It will be someone from the new lands, who mills ideas into food and education and healing for thousands of people, who understands that power only matters, finally, when it is a verb.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Danby
- 30 October 2006
5 Comments
Today, Hungary is a country as free as Australia. But 50 years ago—on 23 October 1956—Hungarian students rebelled and issued a manifesto demanding free elections. The Soviets reacted ruthlessly.
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MEDIA
Joshua Puls meets the BBC’s John Simpson, broadcaster and war correspondent.
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AUSTRALIA
- Deborah Singerman
- 29 May 2006
4 Comments
With a predominantly working class Anglo-Celtic population, pre-World War II Ashfield was a green escape from inner-city Sydney. But now Chinese have settled in large numbers, and some blame them for what they see as Ashfield’s disrepair and unwelcoming atmosphere.
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AUSTRALIA
- Madeleine Byrne
- 11 May 2006
Madeleine Byrne takes to the streets of Hong Kong for a pro-democracy march
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Godfrey Moase, Kathryn Page, Chloe Wilson, Kate Stowell
- 27 April 2006
Reviews of the books Speaking for Australia: Parliamentary speeches that shaped our nation; Direct action and democracy today; Scraps of Heaven and Lazy Man in China.
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AUSTRALIA
The organisational culture within Australia’s Department of Immigration appears to have little regard for human rights, but an ex-insider says it didn’t have to be that way
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