News

Unsurprising news:

• Bush lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction, this time about Iraq's "mobile labs".
• When big pharmaceutical companies pay for their own research for clinical trials, their own drugs ending up looking better than when independent companies do research.

Sorry for not writing more. I'm in the thick of writing papers right now.

First up is my US foreign policy paper on Clinton's decision to delink China's MFN status from its human rights record in 1994. I've learned a lot from the paper, especially that the US had less leverage over China than many assumed. I think that trend will only continue, as China tries to ensure that it will be able to go about its business with as few encumbrances from the US as possible.

After that, I have another week to write my paper on democracy in China, specifically on whether Western style liberal, individual freedoms will contribute to the growth of democracy in China, or that China will have to find its own method for ensuring human rights and liberties by tying them into its Confucian culture.