Thursday, October 1, 2009

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 1, 2009

Despite his officially acknowledged "mistakes", Mao remains a powerful political icon [EPA]

Beijing Birthday Spin Distorts Reality -- John Lee, The Australian

AS the week-long celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of modern China roll on, the message coming out of Beijing is that China's evolution into a confident, strong, just and prosperous country under the Chinese Communist Party might be gradual, but is assured.

Many Western observers agree. One is former MP for Parramatta Ross Cameron. In a Sydney Morning Herald opinion piece published yesterday, he says China under Mao Zedong's rule was terrible, but now "the Chinese people are basically happy".

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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND ANALYSIS

The Next Chinese Revolution -- Daniel Lynch, Far Eastern Economic Review

What Does China's Rise Mean for the Middle East? -- Daily Star, editorial

China at 60: epic progress on all fronts but one -- The Age, editorial

No Nixon-to-China Moment Here (Iran) -- Patrick Clawson, Foreign Policy

Time for diplomacy to end the stand-off with Iran -- John Kerry, Financial Times

Putin's Iran plan -- Ralph Peters

Waltzing with Tehran -- Michael Tomasky, The Guardian

The power, and threat, of Iran
-- Alastair Crooke, Los Angeles Times

Paranoia Takes Hold of Tehran -- Meir Javedanfar, Real Clear World

The home stretch (Iran) -- Ari Shavit, Haaretz

Ahmadinejad: Iran's Man of Mystery -- Joe Klein, Time

The forces that assure Iraq's demise -- Michael Bell, Globe And Mail

Pakistan Readies Assault on Waziristan -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

If Afghanistan is its test, NATO is failing -- John Feffer, Asia Times

War in South Ossetia: Georgia started it -- The Guardian editorial

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