Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: November 12, 2008
Despite assurances – leading-up-to and during the course of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing – that Chinese Officials would make a good-faith effort to resolve pressing issues regarding sovereignty and Tibetan exiles, it appears that the negotiations have failed.
At the heart of the matter is the question of sovereignty.
In view of the ever- diminishing prospects [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: November 12, 2008
On Saturday evening – a few members of the press and a handful of AFI Festival organizers were sipping cocktails and kibitzing about the days events in the Cinema Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel – when a disturbance outside caught our eye.
A rag-tag band of protestors – in support of Gay Marriage – stormed by [...]