China Rising
Both the Globe and Mail and the National Post focused an entire issue to China's rising status in the 21st century this Saturday, Oct. 23. The Globe and Mail focused both feature articles and op-eds on the issue which has come up as a preeminent issue over the last decade. This time, the China's continuing rapid growth as well as its skyrocketing demand for oil is fueling both concerns and expectations about the new superpower.
The piece on Tibet as well as the rural poor and miseries of the working class casted long shadows on what was otherwise a somewhat disturbing paen to China's superfueled capitalism and consumerism. Well worth a read for what the leading agenda setters are thinking about this phenomenon and what it holds for the future.
For Tibet, the Golmud to Lhasa Railway, also a major concern of the International Campaign for Tibet, figures prominently as a stake directed at the heart of Tibet's indigenous culture, which may suffer the same fate as other indigenous peoples bisected by such rapid transit infrastructure. The ICT terms it as the second invasion of Tibet, perhaps not unlike the settling of the American West!
[Globe and Mail Special Report]
[ICT Report]
The piece on Tibet as well as the rural poor and miseries of the working class casted long shadows on what was otherwise a somewhat disturbing paen to China's superfueled capitalism and consumerism. Well worth a read for what the leading agenda setters are thinking about this phenomenon and what it holds for the future.
For Tibet, the Golmud to Lhasa Railway, also a major concern of the International Campaign for Tibet, figures prominently as a stake directed at the heart of Tibet's indigenous culture, which may suffer the same fate as other indigenous peoples bisected by such rapid transit infrastructure. The ICT terms it as the second invasion of Tibet, perhaps not unlike the settling of the American West!
[Globe and Mail Special Report]
[ICT Report]
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