Jottings from the Granite Studio

From the September/October issue of Foreign Policy: Niall Ferguson, of the Hoover Institute and Harvard University, argues that imperialism is not dead, it’s not just not as easy as it once was. 20th century empires didn’t last nearly as long as those of centuries past, but that doesn’t mean that if the strategic and economic [...]

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China Law Blog has a great post this morning about new/old regulations that make the Xinhua news service the sole “media gatekeeper” for all foreign press reports, pictures, and anything else over the wires into the PRC. Naturally, there has been hue and cry over “increased” Chinese media censorship, especially following in the wake of [...]

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