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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