Interview
Interviews in the November 2008 edition of The Sydney Globalist.
The Long March Forward
Christine Ernst speaks with Malcolm Cook, East Asia Program Director at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, about what the Olympics meant for China and the world.
China is slowly closing in on the United States. Like an experienced long-distance runner, it has plenty of energy reserved for the final sprint. And when China finally catches up to its long-time rival, the ensuing battle will shake the very foundations of the global order. A resurgent China would seek to recapture lost territory, export the authoritarian model and avenge centuries of humiliation inflicted upon it by the West. [...]
A Chinese student’s perspective on the Games
Cathy Chang, Editor-in-Chief of The Peking Globalist, offers a Chinese student’s perspective on the Games.
In terms of the Games themselves, the Western media did provide a fair depiction. Most of the comments were positive and appraising. But as for the issues outside the venues, like those troublesome incidents that happened during the torch relay, some of them were unfair. [...]
