This was printed in the New Indian Express dated 10th Jun 08: http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE720080609222650&Page=7&Title=TheOped&Topic=0 Here's my original copy. The fallout from the Olympic torch relay By Rajeev Srinivasan The Olympic torch relay was completed in China recently. and this was followed by the horrendous earthquake that leveled parts of Szechuan province. Apart from the human tragedies associated with both (including the protests that dogged the torch relay based on the genocide of Tibetans), the way the Chinese State has responded to both show some inklings of the way things work behind the Bamboo Curtain.
After the rhetoric, a certain realism
After the rhetoric, a certain realism
After the rhetoric, a certain realism
This was printed in the New Indian Express dated 10th Jun 08: http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE720080609222650&Page=7&Title=TheOped&Topic=0 Here's my original copy. The fallout from the Olympic torch relay By Rajeev Srinivasan The Olympic torch relay was completed in China recently. and this was followed by the horrendous earthquake that leveled parts of Szechuan province. Apart from the human tragedies associated with both (including the protests that dogged the torch relay based on the genocide of Tibetans), the way the Chinese State has responded to both show some inklings of the way things work behind the Bamboo Curtain.