Nationalism

No Trailblazing In 'Rains' ' Jungle (Washington Post)

16 May 2008

"Before the Rains," director Santosh Sivan's drama set in 1937 India, is a hodgepodge in the Raj -- a predictable patchwork of forbidden romance, English arrogance, a gun given as a gift, suicide, corruption, deception, rising Indian nationalism and a short-lived chase through the jungle.

US declines to cite China as a currency manipulator (AP via Yahoo! News)

16 May 2008

The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.

The terrified monks (International Herald Tribune)

15 May 2008

Greater Tibet is not formally under martial law, but that's what it amounts to.