Absurdity, Allegory and China

China vs. the University of Calgary (UC), the latest chapter in the Chinese passion play, is a Chinese foreign policy trial balloon let loose (prematurely?) on the western Canadian plains. This began last week when it was reported that China had removed UC from its list of accredited universities a move school officials are concerned [...]

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Here is one that just came to me through Twitter (h/t niubi): China snubs U of C over Dalai Lama: Accreditation lost after honour for spiritual leader The Chinese government has removed the University of Calgary from its list of accredited institutions — a move school officials fear is linked to the Dalai Lama’s visit [...]

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The May 5, 2009 Boston Globe’s editorial A talk with the Dalai Lama comments on a meeting between the Dalai Lama and “100 scholars from China” at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge organized by Lobsang Sangay of the Harvard Law School. By this account it sounds as if a civil time was had by all. [...]

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