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Footstep of dreamer from Maldives reacts to the news of Obama winning the US presidency: “2008 has definitely been a year of change..to the Maldives and to the world! But would it come as a good change?”
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Xiaomi (twitter: xiaomi2020) is organizing an interview with Andrew Nathan, an internationally renowned expert on US-China relations from Columbia University. Submit a question or vote on a question that's already been asked here. Xiaomi is one of the organizers of Yizhe, a group which translates western journalism on China.
Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, who has escaped house arrest and fled into the U.S embassy in Beijing has stepped out of the embassy and now having his body check in Chaoyang hospital. The are many speculation about his move and the transcript of phone calls between human rights lawyer Teng Biao and Chen will shed some light on the situation. via Shanghaiist.
Janio, from Brazil, has written in his blog (”Made in Blog” [pt]) about the auctioning off of the smallest city in America, Buford (Wyoming), which has but one inhabitant. He draws a parallel “with a time when some activists from the developed world threatened to buy the Amazon, in order to prevent its destruction”.
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yes i believe so. even if the change is bad so it won’t be worst compared to the past 30 years. i believe, the Maldivian democracy is right now going through fundamental change. we may expect uncertainity in coming years but i have high hopes for the long run.
Change for good indeed. I have no doubt about it at all. Compared to past THIRTY years, this is a definitely a good cahnge. There is no way any body in the right mind can say that this is a bad change. Welcome Anni. You are the HERO.
Change for good indeed. I have no doubt about it at all. Compared to past THIRTY years, this is definitely a good cahnge. There is no way any body in the right mind can say that this is a bad change. Welcome Anni. You are the HERO.