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LETTERS
Mail Call: China’s Games
9/20/2008 12:00:00 AM
Our Aug. 4 cover story, arguing that the Olympics were not the place to protest Chinese government failures, drew passionate responses. One reader asked, "What better venue?" Another said the purpose of the Games has always been "to promote competition as an alternative to confrontation."
POINT OF VIEW
How To Squeeze The Bear
Jeffrey Garten 8/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
The escalating but empty rhetoric out of Washington and Brussels only encourages the Kremlin to ignore Western threats over the invasion of Georgia. While it's true that there is no good military option, and that traditional economic sanctions would boomerang on the West, there is a middle way. The opportunity for the West and Japan lies in the impact of globalization on the Russians, who are now far more integrated into the international system, and in touch with the rest of the world, than the Soviets were during the cold war.
China Shouldn’t Be Inscrutable
Fareed Zakaria 8/2/2008 12:00:00 AM
With the Beijing Olympics starting at the end of this week, you might think this would be an occasion for serious analysis and reflection about China—how to understand the country and its changing society, how to handle the regime. Instead, we've mostly heard a familiar recitation of clichés. Conservatives rail against a "rising autocracy" and exaggerate China's military strength. Republican Sen. Sam Brownback went to Beijing and discovered—surprise!—that the Chinese government engaged in espionage. He fumed to CNN that the authorities could "listen to anybody and everybody and their communications and their recordings." One month earlier the senator had enthusiastically voted for the FISA Amendments Act, which allows the U.S. government to do pretty much the same thing.
OLYMPICS
China’s Agony of Defeat
Orville Schell 7/26/2008 12:00:00 AM
The Olympics are an irresistible stage for athletes—but also for those who wish to act out their grievances before the world. The Beijing Games, which kick off on Aug. 8, are hardly an exception. While Chinese leaders furiously insist they're not, and should not be, "political," these Olympics promise to become one of the most charged in history. Rarely has a more varied array of contentious issues crystallized around a single sporting event.
LETTERS
China for the World

Fareed Zakaria and Kishore Mahbubani got warm reviews for unconventional columns on China's Tibet crackdown. One reader agreed, "Putting public pressure on the Chinese is futile and counterproductive." Another called for the West to recognize China's "deeper integration into world affairs."
LETTERS
Democracy on Trial

Our April 14 report on Turkey's judiciary coup d'état galvanized readers. One said, "It's hard to believe in Ataturk's antiquated values." Another wrote, "The court is acting in accordance with a democratically approved Constitution." A third criticized the West: "It does not want a strong secular Turkey."