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 NI
(No.371)
<<CONTENTS>>
2 Letters
Of codswallop and smokers' rights; stereotyping and the fear of God;
Italy's co-op model, how men could live longer.
PLUS: Letter from Lebanon - Reem Haddad celebrates the remarkable
life of a British woman who became a local legend.
4 Southern
Exposure
Youth culture in South Africa, by the first woman CNN Africa Photographer
of the Year, Neo Ntsoma.
5 View from
the South
What prompted a group of middle-class Indian women to protest by stripping
naked and marching to an army barracks? Urvashi Butalia explains.
6 Currents
Monsanto victorious in Canada; warlords and Taliban rear their heads
in Afghanistan; $25 million to police 250 G8 protesters; Kentucky
Fried Cruelty in Tibet.
PLUS NEW SECTION: WordPower.
PLUS: Speechmarks and Seriously.
9 'Let us
speak!'
New political spaces are opening up in China. Chris Richards turns
up the volume on what's safe to say in public... and what's not.
13 Boxed in
What the world's largest TV audience sees on its screens.
14 The big
tree catches wind
On the world stage, China speaks for both the rich and poor world.
Nicola Bullard translates.
16 A single
spark starts a prairie fire
Large-scale farmers' protests are sweeping the countryside. Yu Jianrong
investigates.
18 A look
at the sky from the bottom of the well
Poetry, prose and FACTS from Falun Dafa, Tibet and Gay China.
20 When the
tide goes out, the rocks are revealed
Transnationals say they'll bring free speech to China. Yuezhi Zhao
explains why they won't.
22 A short
history of free speech in China
by Rana Mitter
24 Where the
broom does not reach, the dust will not vanish
Who now has the ear of the Communist Party: the capitalists or the
workers? Chris Richards eavesdrops.
26 Let a hundred
flowers bloom
Brave voices
that have achieved change.
29 Worldbeaters
All bow down before the glorious rule of Uzbekistan's President Islam
Karimov.
30 Mixed Media
MUSIC, BOOKS, FILM review
32 Big Bad
World
From tax cuts to more golf, George W Bush's top priorities revealed
by Polyp.
PLUS: NI Prize Crossword.
33 Making
Waves
A life spent in pursuit of human rights: Philippine campaigner Marie
Hilao-Enriquez.
34 Essay -
The onion fields
Playwright and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah visits Senegal and discovers
the shocking truth about free trade.
36 Country
Profile - Philippines
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