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Δεν απασχόλησε τον Τύπο, νομίζω, ο θάνατος του Έντουαρντ Σεβαρντνάτζε. Νεκρολογία (Douglas Martin / ΝΥΤ)

Ένα κινέζικο εγκληματάκι πολέμου; Shadow of Brutal ’79 War Darkens Vietnam’s View of China Relations (Jane Perlez / NYT) (...) The shadow of the 1979 war, ordered by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to punish Vietnam for its invasion of Cambodia, endures in places along the border. The memories...

Η σκηνή όπου ο κατηγορούμενος τραγουδάει τη Διεθνή είναι σκέτος κλαυσίγελος, ή μάλλον γελωτοκλαυθμός... Tale of abuse and revenge behind fall of China "tiger" When Chinese official Zhou Jianhua refused to tell Communist Party investigators he had received massive bribes, he says they beat him...

Donetsk becomes a ghost town as fearful residents flee conflict Three months into crisis, businesses have closed, ATMs have run out of cash, and flowers are a guilty pleasure (Alec Luhn in Donetsk / The Guardian)

Cyprus divided: 40 years on, a family recalls how the island was torn apart (The Guardian) The award-winning Observer correspondent who covered the 1974 Turkish invasion returns to the rocky battleground with one Greek Cypriot guardsman he met in the conflict

Εθνική επέτειος: US Fourth of July weekend marred by spate of gun violence (Guardian)

Για τους φιλοκέλαδους πουλολόγους: 1. John Luther Adams: Songbirdsong (1974/1980): 2. Olivier Messiaen: Réveil des Oiseaux (1953)

"I never thought it strange when two men become a couple," Zhou says. "We are reading about two guys together exactly because we like boys." Ουφ! :D Chinese women crave Tanbi lit (by Sun Ye / China Daily) Tanbi is a form of Japanese literature depicting love between men that its hardcore...

Δεν μπορώ να σας βάλω τη μουσική (κλασικό ινδικό τραγούδι με μοντέρνα ενορχήστρωση από πίσω και drone), αλλά να σας βάλω το λήμμα, που έχει πλάκα: Rumble Seven by Glissando Bin Laden From Drone Level Orange (Carrier Records) Performed by Alex Ness, voice; Jim Altieri and Caroline Mallonee...

Memories of Horace Silver (1928-2014). Θυμάται ο τρομπετίστας John McNeil, από το τέλος της δεκαετίας του '70. (New Music Box)

Why China Will Reclaim Siberia (Frank Jacobs / NYT) “A land without people for a people without land.” At the turn of the 20th century, that slogan promoted Jewish migration to Palestine. It could be recycled today, justifying a Chinese takeover of Siberia. Of course, Russia's Asian hinterland...

Μέσω Sinocism: China bans Ramadan fast in Muslim northwest (yahoo) BEIJING (AP) — Students and civil servants in China's Muslim northwest, where Beijing is enforcing a security crackdown following deadly unrest, have been ordered to avoid taking part in traditional fasting during the Islamic...

No regrets, say the Chinese women who chose independence over marriage The girls who took a lifelong vow of chastity are now in their 80s, the last survivors of a unique custom (Tania Branigan in Shatou village, Guangdong / The Guardian) Her mother carefully undid Liang Jieyun's plaits, combed...

Αυτό δεν είναι για βιομηχανικά συνδικάτα, αλλά για δημόσια συνδικάτα: The War on Workers The Supreme Court Ruling on Harris v. Quinn Is a Blow for Unions By CYNTHIA ESTLUND and WILLIAM E. FORBATH (ΝΥΤ) (...) On Monday a 5-to-4 majority of the Supreme Court fired its own salvo in the war on...

Stephen Gaskin, Hippie Who Founded an Enduring Commune, Dies at 79 (ΝΥΤ)

Uphill Fight Ahead for Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement By KEITH BRADSHER (NYT) HONG KONG — A pro-democracy march held Tuesday by a huge crowd of mostly young demonstrators underlined the determination of many of this autonomous Chinese city’s residents to preserve and expand the freedoms that...

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