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We saw Good Night, and Good Luck yesterday, which was quite good. But I kept feeling as though the movie were a sad memorial to a bygone age, when the ideas of confronting abuses of power or raising the level of public discourse in the US were still imaginable. Then again, that is probably what the movie wanted me to feel.
Meanwhile, China may resume its case against Zhao Yan, the Beijing correspondant for the New York Times who was jailed after accusations of leaking state secrets. The charges against him were withdrawn last month--though he remained imprisoned--but there is now word that a new investigation is being made and that he may be tried next month.
Meanwhile, China may resume its case against Zhao Yan, the Beijing correspondant for the New York Times who was jailed after accusations of leaking state secrets. The charges against him were withdrawn last month--though he remained imprisoned--but there is now word that a new investigation is being made and that he may be tried next month.