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Lenglet, François
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Obama pays homage to the new world power
The visit of US-president Barack Obama clearly demonstrates how powerful China has become and how terrifying it remains, writes the business paper La Tribune: "Following the first steps of the American president in China, it's tempting to portray his visit as a homage by yesterday's power to tomorrow's. If a crisis always separates the old from the new, to borrow Gramsci's apt phrase, our current crisis has devalued America's power and created a world where China plays the preponderant role. Obama's trip marks a humiliating step: now nothing is possible without Beijing's consent. ... True to its name, the 'middle kingdom' has established itself at the heart of global economic and strategic issues. ... Nevertheless it lacks the essential attribute needed to enjoy undivided rule: this pragmatic dictatorship doesn't inspire dreams. On the contrary, its values are the source of nightmares."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Economic Policy, » U.S., » China
TV and Internet challenge authoritarian regimes
With an eye to the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago the business paper La Tribune analyses how media and modern information technology pose a major challenge to authoritarian regimes: "If the citizens of the East decided to shake off the yoke that bound them it's because they knew - thanks notably to the television - that their governments were lying to them. ... Twenty years later the unbelievable development of intelligent forms of communication continues to protect us from the abuse of power. In communist China the Internet has truly changed political life. Today Mandarin is the most important language on the Web. 400 million inhabitants of the 'Middle Kingdom' exchange information and read on the Internet under real but very imperfect surveillance. ... In Iran too, during the last anti-government demonstrations the Internet was used ... to mobilise the opponents of [President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad."
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More from the press review on the subject » Audiovisual Media, » Online media, » Global
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