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The Diplomat
Pervasive corruption, lawlessness among the ruling elites, and a sense of a loss of direction permeating all levels of Chinese society.
The Interpreter | Lowy Institute for International Policy
What with the hoopla surrounding the elections in Uttar Pradesh , this year's second-biggest exercise in democracy, and Sachin Tendulkar reaching his one-hundredth hundred , it has been easier than it should have been to overlook the tenth anniversary of the Gujarat riots. In 2002, the state capital, Ahmedabad, and a string of nearby towns witnessed some of the most grotesque communal violence since India's partition, during which more than a 1000 people, the vast majority Muslims, were slaughtered. Hindu mobs, wearing saffron bandanas and brandishing swords, iron bars and trishuls, tore through the streets destroying mosques and setting alight Muslim-owned businesses.Inside Story | Current affairs and culture
One vital question has been overlooked in the coverage of the federal government’s My University website, writes Dean Ashenden .