In the Asialink Essays series, leading commentators explore key issues in Australia’s engagement with Asia.
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NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT: Asia and Australia at the centre
Ron Huisken, Senior Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The
今年
六 四之夜
请点亮一支蜡烛
今年,二零零九年的六月 四日,是震惊中外的北京天安门民主运动整整二 十周年。
二 十年前,无数忧国忧民的中国青年学生,为了国家的民主富强,发出了反专制反贪腐开放党禁报禁的强烈呼声,却遭到了执政当局的无情镇压。多少热血青年的热血,又一次洒在了他们所挚爱的土地上。
二 十年来,中国确实发生了很大的变化,经济得到了长足发展,人民生活有了明显改善,但执政当局曾经许诺的政治体制改革几乎停滞,六 四当年的强烈要求不仅没有兑现,反而贪腐愈演愈烈,贫富更加悬殊,资源枯竭环境污染……二
Please light a candle on June 4Th 2009
4TH June 2009, is the twentieth anniversary of Tiananmen Square Pro-Democratic Movement, which shocked the whole world.
Twenty years ago, countless Chinese students were getting together in Tiananmen Square Beijing and shouting out