Democracy: What’s it to you? (Voxpops)
In the lead up to this year's Festival of Democracy, we wandered the University of Sydney...
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03
October
2014
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The Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong: a second Tiananmen?
Are political developments in Hong Kong heading for a second Tiananmen massacre? A fortnight ago, partly...
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03
October
2014
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Beijing has misjudged the situation in Hong Kong [French interview on L’opinion]
The following John Keane's interview with Claude Leblanc, 'Beijing has misjudged the situation in Hong Kong', appeared...
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September
2014
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Hong Kong: A Second Tiananmen?
In Hong Kong, public tensions are mounting over Beijing’s recent decision to restrict free and fair...
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September
2014
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Coal, Divestment and Democracy
(above - The University of Sydney Quadrangle) Pushed and pulled in different directions by government policies and...
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18
September
2014
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Hong Kong: A Second Tiananmen? Interview 2SER Radio
The Farce of Democracy in Hong Kong In Hong Kong, Occupy Central plans to stage a mass...
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15
September
2014
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Carnival China
The following remarks were presented at a recent public forum in Sydney to celebrate the launch...
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15
September
2014
The Weasel Word Terrorism
Politics is a language game: in any given context, who gets what, when and how invariably...
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01
September
2014
Violence and the Censor
With the outbreak of uncivil wars on a regional scale, in central Africa, the Arab-speaking world...
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10
August
2014
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Murong
During several decades of contact with writers trapped in stressed and strained political circumstances, I can’t...
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July
2014