 |  | | China Myths Debunked |
 WE all know the facts: In
1949 when the Communist
Party took over, China had
been mired in civil wars
and dismembered by foreign
aggressions; its people had suffered
widespread famine; average lifeexpectancy
was a mere 41 years.
Today, it is the second largest economy
in the world, a great power with global
influence, and its people live in
increasing prosperity; average life
expectancy has reached 74 years.
But the assessment has to go deeper
than that, for reasons none other than
the apparent discomfort, if not outright
disapproval, Western political
and intellectual elites feel toward the
Communist Party´s leadership. Five
misconceptions dominate... |
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| |  | | THE CAMERON
COLLAPSE |
| PETER Oborne, writing in
the conservative Daily
Telegraph, recently suggested
that the
Conservative British Prime
Minister, David Cameron, was not
merely in a mess, he "is in a sewer."
That seems about right. Cameron
lost it over Rupert Murdoch. He
showed staggering lack of judgment
in hiring Andy Coulson, the former
News of the World editor, as his first
director of communications at
Downing Street, a hubristic decision
made against the best advice and
apparently with a dual aim: to show
he was not an old Etonian "toff" and
to get favourable treatment from the
37 percent of the British print media
owned by Murdoch.
He then spent a fair chunk of time
during his first year in office in 26
meetings with various News Corp
honchos, including Rebekah
Brooks, who was... |
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| | Leading team at Lord´s is
a special honour: Dhoni |  IT´S a privilege for anyone to
step on the hallowed turf at the
´Home of Cricket´ and India
captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni is no exception as he
prepares to lead his bunch of
world beaters in the first Test
at Lord´s on Thursday.
Dhoni says that the experience
of leading his team out at
Lord´s on Thursday will be an
honour to rank with anything
he has achieved in his glorious
career.
"It´s obviously big, leading
15 people who have the expectation
of 1.2 billion," Dhoni
told the Daily Telegraph.
"It´s an honour, it´s very special.
But at the same time it´s
an added responsibility. You
want the Indian team to win
each and every game, which is
not possible. Still, that´s... |
| | Uruguay downs Peru, makes
it to Copa America final |  URUGUAY reached the Copa
America final on Tuesday with
a 2-0 win over Peru to book a
showdown with either giantkiller
Venezuela or Paraguay.
Liverpool star Luis Suarez
scored both goals in the second
half at La Plata as the
Uruguayans, who put out host
Argentina in the quarters,
kept on course for what would
be a record 15th win in the
world´s oldest international
football tournament.
"It was a very tough game in
the first half and we lacked a
little clarity though we kept
trying to make chances," said
Suarez, who went level in the
scoring stakes with
Argentina´s Sergio Aguero on
three goals.
Referring to a more cagey
affair against Argentina... |
| | Golubev, Ferrero stumble at first hurdle in Hamburg |
 DEFENDING champion
Andrey Golubev of
Kazakhstan and Spanish clay
court ace Juan Carlos Ferrero
both fell at the first hurdle to
German challengers at the
ATP Hamburg tournament
on Tuesday.
Last weekend´s Stuttgart
winner Ferrero fell 6-3, 6-2 to
German wild card Cedrik-
Marcel Stebe while Golubev, a
surprise winner here last year,
crashed out 7-5, 6-3 in his first
round match to Philipp
Kohlschreiber.
Pablo Andujar beat Julien
Benneteau of France 6-2, 6-2.
Radek Stepanek, the 2006
runner-up to Tommy
Robredo, saved all four break
points he faced and hit eight
aces past German wild card
Andreas Beck for a 7-5, 7-6
(7/2) win... |
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