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I got this in my inbox this morning from Avaaz.org (My comments are in RED BOLD).
For those of you new to the blog or who do not know me personally, I worked at Avaaz for 1 year during its initial start-up phase. I’m now at Human Rights Watch, working with their China team [...]

The following letter ended up in my inbox today from Huang Jinming of the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party of China. Their website is under construction and there wasn’t much I could find out about them online. However, their letter lays out some principled, well-reasoned arguments, so I thought it [...]

Human Rights Watch Asia Advocacy Director Sophie Richardson on The Newshour.
Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden on Democracy Now!
The Olympic Torch Relay dates back to the Nazi Olympics in 1936.
Minky Worden:
There is a wonderful new academic book called Nazi Games, which gives a concise history of this. The torch relay itself is essentially [...]

Protesters hold a demonstration urging US President George W. Bush to cancel his plans to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing because of the situation in Tibet during a protest at Lafayette Park across the street from the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2008. (c) 2008 [...]

Here are some photos I took in Chinatown last weekend:

Above: Buddha Kitsch
Below: Lychees, Rambutans, and Dragon Fruits

Above: Pork and Crab Soup Dumplings from Joe’s Shanghai - not as good as Din Tai Fung, but the best I’ve had in New York.
Below: Shanghai Noodle Soup from Joe’s Shanghai

See the complete set on Flickr.