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'The United States strongly urges Beijing to reconsider its disastrous proposal, abide by its international obligations, and respect Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy, democratic institutions, and civil liberties, which are key to preserving its special status under US law,' he said. … [Read more...] about Australia issues a joint statement with the UK and Canada condemning China’s anti-protest laws in Hong Kong

When the British handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, the Communist Party promised a 'one country, two systems' form of government, which for the next 50 years was meant to allow media freedom and a restricted vote for the island trading city's chief executive. … [Read more...] about China’s chilling crackdown on freedom in Hong Kong sees Australia join allies U.S., UK and Canada to release a damning statement saying they are ‘destroying’ trust

The man from Auntie had wanted to make the whole thing sound routine. BBC director general Mark Thompson wrote on our pages yesterday: "It is a straightforward matter of fact that … the BNP has demonstrated a level of support that would normally lead to an occasional invitation to join the panel on Question Time". But there was nothing normal about the show last night, in which the far-right party's front man, Nick Griffin, nestled between David Dimbleby and the playwright Bonnie Greer, and insisted against all reality that meddlesome laws were stifling honest debate about what Hitler did to the Jews. … [Read more...] about Questionable Television: British National Party

4. Lucy Maud Montgomery The Canadian author is well known for her Anne of Green Gables series of novels, which gained an international following and were translated into about 20 languages. The first of these books was published in 1908, with many following in the series about an orphaned redhead from Prince Edward Island. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, Montgomery published a total of 22 novels and books of short stories during her life, as well as a book of poetry, an autobiography, and numerous stories and articles in magazines. … [Read more...] about Canada to feature woman on bank note: seven top candidates

This is still the case in a democracy: contrary to what is often asserted, democratic politics is not defined by the absence of such a frontier. In fact, what characterises a liberal pluralist democracy is the way this line is drawn – so that the “them” are not seen as enemies to be destroyed, but as adversaries engaged in a confrontation between competing conceptions of the common good. When it is formulated in terms of an opposition between left and right – rather than in religious or ethnic terms – this frontier is crucial for democracy, because it provides the necessary framework for a confrontation between two legitimate positions. … [Read more...] about Centrist politics will not defeat Boris Johnson’s rightwing populism