The natural disaster will be televised
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008It seems a little odd to be offering political analysis in a moment of so much human suffering, but it must be noted that the Chinese government’s response to the massive recent earthquake in Sichuan province is a damned sight more open and competent than I expected. On the negative side, China is still blocking international aid workers. On the positives side, the state media is broadcasting in what appears to be an accurate and timely manner and foreign correspondents are allowed to do their jobs. It seems that the regime is learning from the past. From the NY Times: (more…)