{"id":5803,"date":"2014-09-29T22:26:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T02:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=5803"},"modified":"2018-08-24T15:27:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T19:27:01","slug":"monday-september-29-2014-two-pictures-that-speak-for-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=5803","title":{"rendered":"Monday, September 29, 2014 \u2014 Two Pictures That Speak for Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tens of thou\u00adsands of peo\u00adple in Hong Kong protest against attempts of the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty to crush democ\u00adra\u00adcy in Hong Kong. \u201cThe stu\u00addents are pro\u00adtect\u00ading the right to vote, for Hong Kong\u2019s future. We are not scared, we are not fright\u00adened, we just fight for it,\u201d [Car\u00adol Chan, a 55-year-old civ\u00adil ser\u00advice work\u00ader who said she took two days off to join the protests after becom\u00ading angered over police use of tear gas Sun\u00adday, quot\u00aded by CBC<\/span> News.] Bei\u00adjing\u2019s mas\u00adsive cen\u00adsor\u00adship team on Wei\u00adbo, the Par\u00adty-con\u00adtrolled cen\u00adsored inter\u00adnet engine cre\u00adat\u00aded and sup\u00adplied by Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtions, is work\u00ading over\u00adtime pre\u00advent\u00ading the peo\u00adple of Chi\u00adna from see\u00ading such images.<\/p>\n

\"14-09-29<\/a>Canada\u2019s Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter, Stephen Harp\u00ader, cuts a deal with the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty to allow them the pow\u00ader to over\u00adride Canada\u2019s Par\u00adlia\u00adment for the next 31 years. This took place in Vladi\u00advos\u00adtok in 2012, but Harp\u00ader has kept almost all infor\u00adma\u00adtion about the deal under wraps, and done every\u00adthing in his pow\u00ader to pre\u00advent debate on the treaty. It was the sub\u00adject of a sin\u00adgle, one-hour \u201cbrief\u00ading\u201d giv\u00aden to the par\u00adlia\u00admen\u00adtary trade com\u00admit\u00adtee. Since then, only silence, until a few weeks ago, when its rat\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and the announce\u00adment that it will go into effect on Octo\u00adber 1 were revealed in a terse press release\u2026 issued on a late Fri\u00adday after\u00adnoon, the time reserved for announce\u00adments the gov\u00adern\u00adment hopes will not be noticed and for\u00adgot\u00adten by Monday.<\/p>\n

\"14-09-29<\/a>Vet\u00ader\u00adan CBC<\/span> reporter Patrick Brown, an expert on East Asian affairs with more par\u00adlia\u00admen\u00adtary and inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal news expe\u00adri\u00adence under his belt than any\u00adone since the bril\u00adliant Joe Schlesinger, has remarked: \u201cIf Stephen Harp\u00ader ever gets tired of being Canada\u2019s Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter, he might like to con\u00adsid\u00ader a sec\u00adond career in Chi\u00adna \u2013 he\u2019d fit right in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tens of thou\u00adsands of peo\u00adple in Hong Kong protest against attempts of the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty to crush democ\u00adra\u00adcy in Hong Kong. \u201cThe stu\u00addents are pro\u00adtect\u00ading the right to vote, for Hong Kong\u2019s future. We are not scared, we are not fright\u00adened, we just \u2026<\/p>\n

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