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Month: August 2010

Democracy and Truth

Posted on August 26, 2010September 30, 2019   by peter

If you look closely at the stream of information emanating from China, some of it looks suspiciously “complacent”, which is to say, looks like PR spin. Where is the critical view, where the alternative, competing views? Newspapers speak of the

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Topography and Geomorphology: environmental debate in China

Posted on August 24, 2010September 30, 2019   by peter

The following OpEd piece is reproduced in its entirety from the August 20, 2010 issue of The China Daily. This opinion by a senior editor of the “national English-language newspaper” may be read as a reflection on Chinese environmental sensitivity.

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Elise’ First Steps

Posted on August 3, 2010September 30, 2019   by peter

Françoise and I spent Monday with Elise and Liam. We played soccer, spent a long time on the swings, played under the hose and… helped Elise with her walking. The following is a first for me and you will probably

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Enclosures

Posted on August 1, 2010September 30, 2019   by peter
The Stone Wall at Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York

Today’s note is inspired by a Google photosearch for an image to illustrate the word “commons”. The idea of a commons implies both freedom and its opposite. As we use the word, a commons is a place where the representatives

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