Mandy @ POLI 333D

“Former Rights and Democracy president Remy Beauregard died of a heart attack after a heated meeting. – Julie Oliver / Postmedia News files” When I first learnt from this National Post’s article that Canada has decided to shut down the federally funded International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (known as Rights & Democracy), I was […]

My best post: Has Democracy lost its Ground in the Euro Crisis? Highlight: “In face of the urgent debt crisis, should the Greek government officials be more resolute in deciding what steps to take, or should they listen to the public before taking any step, given that they are just representatives of the public in […]

  This is a to-be-published and detailed Economist article on China’s military rise. As first, I was a bit irritated because I thought it is another article which aims to create fear of China, but as I read on, I find it to be quite neutral, at least in terms of its portrayal of China-US relations. According […]

I remember Professor said we should post our draft of paper 2 on our blog before the workshop. However, assessing all these articles has taken me more time than expected. So, I am just going to provide a brief layout of my paper: *********************************** Assessment of literatures pertaining to Democratic Peace Proponents of Democratic Peace […]

“Jurre Hermans, a school boy from Breedenbroek in Gelderland Achterhoek, was the youngest entrant to the Wolfson Economics Prize. He decided to enter the prize after watching Jeugdjournaal, and because of his concern about the Eurozone crisis.” His plan: Greece should leave the euro, and that the Greeks should exchange their euros for drachmas (through […]

As a common citizen who believes that civil society should have political leverage in state affairs, I see the currently renewed ruling of the Supreme Court of Appeal to review the Zuma’s case as not only legitimate, but also contributing to South African democratic development. First, opponents argue that the judicial review would undermine South […]

Leung Chun-ying and his wife Regina celebrating his victory Photo: AP “Hong Kong’s election of a new chief executive Sunday was a mess — a travesty in which the 1,132 handpicked voters were outnumbered by demonstrators who were kept away from the assembly with pepper spray. The winner, Leung Chun-ying, was muscled through by pressure from […]

Just as (almost) everyone says that China is going to rule the world economy with its fast-growing economy, there comes the proof that the economy is not only slowing down, but also being “sluggish”. According to CNN.: “The country’s manufacturing sector shrank for a fifth month in a row, according to HSBC’s latest China PMI […]

Something I have been working on (once a week). Guess who is this 🙂

I hope I am on the right track to doing this assignment; if I am not, please correct me! Logical fallacy So the new Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying, just got elected. According to this NY article, which is titled “Hong Kong Elects Pro-Beijing Chief Executive,” “Mr. Leung won on the first ballot, […]