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The Beauty Queen That China Is Desperate to Stifle
Resistance to tyranny comes in many forms, but Anastasia Lin may be first activist to take the fight against dictatorship to the glittery ranks of a beauty pageant. Lin, a 25-year-old actress and model, was crowned Miss World Canada in May. By rights, she should have been in the Chinese resort city of Sanya for the welcoming ceremony of the 2015 Miss World competition last Monday.
The Brutal Horror of China's One-Child Policy
By almost any yardstick, China's one-child policy has been a grim failure. The Communist regime last week modified its notorious population-control program, announcing that married couples would henceforth be "allowed" to have two children. But the decision comes far too late to repair the damage the one-child policy caused, or to ease the unimaginable pain left in its wake. Rarely has a government subjected its people to so dreadful a social experiment.
Obama's Green Plan With the Red Chinese
China announced details of its plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
China Flexes Muscle With State Visit
What Xi Jinping's first visit to Washington means.
Obama's Guest List
President Obama met with Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler at the White House [Thursday]. It's about time. Skarlatos, Stone and Sadler are the American heroes who tackled a radical Islamist on a French train four weeks ago, saving scores of lives. While Obama praised their courage, his statement completely ignored the attacker's motives. Never once did the words "radical Islam" or "jihad" cross his lips. Nevertheless, it was a good a photo-op, which the White House needs given the brewing controversy with the Vatican.
Obama and the Crazies, Cancel the Dinner, Targeting the Truth
At a Las Vegas conference [Monday] night, President Obama launched into another demeaning attack against his domestic political opponents. Obama told the audience that he was back from his summer vacation feeling "a little feisty" and ready to fight "the crazies" who oppose his agenda. Really? Given history, it is crazy to believe that a regime like Iran's, which is committed to a second Holocaust, will be restrained by words on a piece of paper. It is crazy to think that Cuba, Russia and other enemies can be charmed into friends. It is crazy to believe you can continue to spend trillions of dollars more than you bring in and not face economic collapse.
China Has Its Own Horrors to Atone For
Japan's less-than-wholehearted remorse for its World War II-era atrocities has long been an unhealed wound in its relations with its neighbors. The bruise is throbbing anew with the approach of August 15, the 70th anniversary of the announcement of Japan's surrender. China's ambassador to Tokyo revived the topic on July 23, when he pointedly advised Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — who plans to deliver a speech marking the anniversary — to convey genuine contrition for the suffering caused by Japan's aggression. "We will be watching how Japan sums up its past and shows sincerity to the victimized countries," said the ambassador. Abe and other Japanese leaders have acknowledged their country's crimes during the war, but their apologies have tended to be grudging or awkward. Frequently they have been undermined by truculent rationalizations, or by suggestions that Japan's ugliest wartime offenses might still be open to debate.