http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/chinese 2008-10-13T12:51:18Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56796-the-dalai-lama-capitalism-socialism-and-income-inequality 2008-10-13T12:51:18Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y3wHx4NLHzE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y3wHx4NLHzE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56796-the-dalai-lama-capitalism-socialism-and-income-inequality"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69050" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/26/His_Holiness_the_Dalai_Lama_at_The_Aspen_Institute">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, gives his perspective on capitalism, Marxism, and the widening global gap between rich and poor.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>The Aspen Institute and co-chairs Margot Pritzker and Richard Blum, in collaboration with the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture, are proud to present a substantive symposium that embraces Tibetan and Himalayan art, culture, science, medicine, spiritual practice, and history.</p> <p>The three-day program - featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the keynote speaker - will bring together an extraordinary number of eminent scholars, teachers, practitioners and tradition-bearers from around the globe to shed light on the rich historical and philosophical significance of Tibet and its impact on global issues today - The Aspen Institute</p> <p>Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama. He is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala, India. Tibetans traditionally believe him to be the reincarnation of his predecessors.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56796-the-dalai-lama-capitalism-socialism-and-income-inequality">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56735-the-dalai-lama-war-is-outdated 2008-10-13T12:51:19Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5C4Yw_BNrVs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5C4Yw_BNrVs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56735-the-dalai-lama-war-is-outdated"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68976" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/26/His_Holiness_the_Dalai_Lama_at_The_Aspen_Institute">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, describes war as "outdated" in an increasingly interdependent world.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>The Aspen Institute and co-chairs Margot Pritzker and Richard Blum, in collaboration with the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture, are proud to present a substantive symposium that embraces Tibetan and Himalayan art, culture, science, medicine, spiritual practice, and history.</p> <p>The three-day program - featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the keynote speaker - will bring together an extraordinary number of eminent scholars, teachers, practitioners and tradition-bearers from around the globe to shed light on the rich historical and philosophical significance of Tibet and its impact on global issues today - The Aspen Institute</p> <p>Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama. He is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala, India. Tibetans traditionally believe him to be the reincarnation of his predecessors.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56735-the-dalai-lama-war-is-outdated">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56049-tragedy-inspires-hope-for-china-s-orphans-6-oct-2008 2008-10-08T22:49:42Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1WZpbSjHxRs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1WZpbSjHxRs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56049-tragedy-inspires-hope-for-china-s-orphans-6-oct-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68181" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>China's government estimates that 150,000 children are living on its streets, while aid agencies say the number is much higher and fear its still growing.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from China's Sha'anxi Province where she talks with a Chinese native who draws from his experience to help the new generation of homeless kids.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56049-tragedy-inspires-hope-for-china-s-orphans-6-oct-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55811-re-this-is-china 2008-10-11T10:51:34Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qLlbWVUz38Y&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qLlbWVUz38Y&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55811-re-this-is-china"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67865" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55811-re-this-is-china">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55526-afshin-rattansi-max-keiser-prof-philip-brenner-on-700bn 2008-10-13T12:47:29Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X1mk6MIMiCk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X1mk6MIMiCk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55526-afshin-rattansi-max-keiser-prof-philip-brenner-on-700bn"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67305" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>With just hours to go till the vote in Congress..</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55526-afshin-rattansi-max-keiser-prof-philip-brenner-on-700bn">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54776-banned-milk-sold-in-bangladesh-26-sept-08 2008-09-30T00:49:46Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nBNzY-6hcJk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nBNzY-6hcJk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54776-banned-milk-sold-in-bangladesh-26-sept-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66443" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A growing number of countries have banned many Chinese-made foods in a bid to combat the spread of tainted milk products that has caused the deaths of a number of children and left thousands suffering from kideny stones.</p> <p>But not all countires have been vigilant in calmping down on Chinese milk imports.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Nicholas Haque reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, where tainted milk powder can still be purchased from convenience stores despite the efforts of authorities.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54776-banned-milk-sold-in-bangladesh-26-sept-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54773-banned-milk-powder-sold-in-bangladesh-shops-26-sept-08 2008-09-26T04:45:22Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpvP4WV6_Sw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpvP4WV6_Sw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54773-banned-milk-powder-sold-in-bangladesh-shops-26-sept-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66439" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A growing number of countries have banned many Chinese-made foods in a bid to combat the spread of tainted milk products that has caused the deaths of a number of children and left thousands suffering from kideny stones.</p> <p>But not all countires have been vigilant in calmping down on Chinese milk imports.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Nicholas Haque reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, where tainted milk powder can still be purchased from convenience stores despite the efforts of authorities.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54773-banned-milk-powder-sold-in-bangladesh-shops-26-sept-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54028-bangladesh-cracks-down-on-tainted-milk-powder-20-sep-08 2008-09-26T04:45:27Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vkleVi3HZUI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vkleVi3HZUI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54028-bangladesh-cracks-down-on-tainted-milk-powder-20-sep-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65562" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Four Chinese babies have died and more than six thousand have fallen ill from dairy products that tested positive for the toxic chemical, Melamine. </p> <p>Singapore and Malaysia have joined Taiwan in a ban of all Chinese milk products.</p> <p>Health notices have now appeared in Bangladesh, warning people against milk products from two Chinese companies.</p> <p>Nicholas Haque reports from Dhaka.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54028-bangladesh-cracks-down-on-tainted-milk-powder-20-sep-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53529-travel-to-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame-see-a-video-tour-now 2008-10-13T12:32:38Z awafilm <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yh9slgNItYg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yh9slgNItYg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53529-travel-to-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame-see-a-video-tour-now"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64971" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A travel and tourist video of Hollywood's most popular tourist destinations in the world. The famous Hollywood Blvd, in sunny California is home to the Walk of Fame that showcases the famous stars who have made significant contributions to film, television, theatre, music and radio. Grauman's Chinese Theatre premieres blockbuster movies and see the foot and hand prints of Hollywoods most celebrated actors and actresses. The Kodak Theatre, Hollywood Wax Museum, Ripley's Believe it or Not, and the Guinness Book of World Records are just some of the many attractions located on Hollywood Boulevard. Universal Studios is a short distance away.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53529-travel-to-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame-see-a-video-tour-now">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51413-people-power-trojan-dragon-1-sep-08 2008-09-07T06:44:28Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gJQlBXtJLGs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gJQlBXtJLGs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51413-people-power-trojan-dragon-1-sep-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62427" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Prato was once the centre of the European textile industry but today it is central to a Chinese effort to attempt to gain a foothold in the lucrative business.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51413-people-power-trojan-dragon-1-sep-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49893-sanshou-fight-league 2008-10-13T12:49:00Z STANDUPmuaythai <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o7K4siBBwL4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o7K4siBBwL4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49893-sanshou-fight-league"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60566" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>SANSHOU : <br />Chinese: 散打; pinyin: sǎndǎ; literally <br />"free fighting" <br /> is a Chinese hand to hand combat, self-defense system, and combat sport.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49893-sanshou-fight-league">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49653-witness-china-orphans-21-aug-08-part-1 2008-08-26T02:47:44Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-FPlFt6IU9k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-FPlFt6IU9k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49653-witness-china-orphans-21-aug-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60241" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Witness follows the extraordinary story of an elderly Chinese couple who are caring for the children others have abandoned.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49653-witness-china-orphans-21-aug-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49645-witness-china-orphans-21-aug-08-part-2 2008-08-26T01:16:13Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YuWUUaJp_zo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YuWUUaJp_zo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49645-witness-china-orphans-21-aug-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60230" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Witness follows the extraordinary story of an elderly Chinese couple who are caring for the children others have abandoned.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49645-witness-china-orphans-21-aug-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48238-is-china-fit-to-hold-the-olympics-bob-brown 2008-08-29T20:46:14Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q8ouq2CqALs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q8ouq2CqALs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48238-is-china-fit-to-hold-the-olympics-bob-brown"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58071" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/05/20/Is_China_Fit_to_Host_the_Olympic_Games">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Australian Senator Bob Brown argues that China's record on human rights holds it in violation of the Olympic Charter - and therefore, not fit to hold the Olympic Games.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Prince Charles has declined to attend the Beijing games as a protest against perceived human rights abuses. Steven Spielberg heads a list of celebrities urging others to stay away. There has been unprecedented worldwide public protest over China's human rights abuses.</p> <p>However, are China’s failings any greater than those of other nations that have hosted the Olympics? What of China's great strengths -- do they count for nothing? Where does the balance lie?</p> <p>Should sport be 'quarantined' from the politics of such matters? And in any case, who are we to judge such matters when there are so many problems in our own backyard? - Intelligence Squared Australia</p> <p>Senator Bob Brown has been a life-long activist and has become a leading voice for human rights in Australia. Earlier this year, his "Tibet Motion," calling for the Australian Government to take reasonable action against repression of Tibetan people by China, passed the Senate without dissent.</p> <p>He has long been involved in conservation, and in 1986, he was shot at and assaulted during logging protests. He became the director of the Wilderness Society, which organised the blockade of the dam-works on Tasmania's wild Franklin River in 1982, where he was arrested and spent nineteen days in Risdon Prison. While serving in the Tasmanian parliament, he successfully campaigned for a large increase in the protected wilderness areas. </p> <p>Bob Brown was a driving force in forming the Australian Greens in 1992. He has spoken widely for the rights of the Tibetan people and against human rights abuses within China.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48238-is-china-fit-to-hold-the-olympics-bob-brown">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48178-the-beijing-olympics-homestay-experience-7-aug-08 2008-08-12T18:29:35Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/st1H_1-xsFo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/st1H_1-xsFo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48178-the-beijing-olympics-homestay-experience-7-aug-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57988" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>China is keen to give a warm welcome to the many thousands of overseas visitors coming to Beijing for the Olympics, with about six hundred families selected to take part in a homestay programme.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Casey Kauffman sampled the hospitality of one host family.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48178-the-beijing-olympics-homestay-experience-7-aug-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48097-human-rights-and-past-olympics-hamish-mcdonald 2008-08-28T16:54:39Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCbe-fmkrqc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xCbe-fmkrqc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48097-human-rights-and-past-olympics-hamish-mcdonald"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57889" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/05/20/Is_China_Fit_to_Host_the_Olympic_Games">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Australian Journalist Hamish McDonald contrasts the outpouring of protest over the Beijing Olympic Games to silence in previous years - such as the 1904 games in St. Louis, Missouri - when other questionable human rights issues were largely ignored by the international community.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Prince Charles has declined to attend the Beijing games as a protest against perceived human rights abuses. Steven Spielberg heads a list of celebrities urging others to stay away. There has been unprecedented worldwide public protest over China's human rights abuses.</p> <p>However, are China’s failings any greater than those of other nations that have hosted the Olympics? What of China's great strengths -- do they count for nothing? Where does the balance lie?</p> <p>Should sport be 'quarantined' from the politics of such matters? And in any case, who are we to judge such matters when there are so many problems in our own backyard? - Intelligence Squared Australia</p> <p>Hamish McDonald has spent twenty of his thirty-five years in journalism based in Asia - in Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, India, and China, where he was the correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald based in Beijing.</p> <p>He is currently the Asia-Pacific editor for the Sydney Morning Herald. He has been political editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. He is the author of several books.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48097-human-rights-and-past-olympics-hamish-mcdonald">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47924-amy-tan-writing-from-personal-experience 2008-08-27T16:45:17Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QishhWj5S10&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QishhWj5S10&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47924-amy-tan-writing-from-personal-experience"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57651" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/10/On_Writing_Amy_Tan_in_Conversation_with_Roger_Rosenblatt">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bestselling author Amy Tan discusses the importance of drawing on personal experiences when creating fictional stories and characters, and explains how her own family experiences have influenced her writing.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Amy Tan speaks as a part of "Roger Rosenblatt and Friends: On Writing" during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.</p> <p>Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate, and Saving Fish from Drowning. She has also written two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat. The latter became a children's television series for PBS called "Sagwa." Amy is a member of the literary garage band, The Rock Bottom Remainders, for which she sings the Nancy Sinatra classic, "These Boots Are Made for Walking" to raise money for after-school literacy programs for inner city kids. Tan's rendition of the pop culture classic can be heard on the CD Stranger than Fiction, which benefits the PEN Writers Fund.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47924-amy-tan-writing-from-personal-experience">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47903-amy-tan-finding-meaning-through-writing 2008-08-27T12:50:14Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VP5JcUoElt8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VP5JcUoElt8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47903-amy-tan-finding-meaning-through-writing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57621" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/10/On_Writing_Amy_Tan_in_Conversation_with_Roger_Rosenblatt">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bestselling author Amy Tan recalls her childhood efforts at writing, and discusses how certain events in life have influenced her as an author.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Amy Tan speaks as a part of "Roger Rosenblatt and Friends: On Writing" during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.</p> <p>Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate, and Saving Fish from Drowning. She has also written two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat. The latter became a children's television series for PBS called "Sagwa." Amy is a member of the literary garage band, The Rock Bottom Remainders, for which she sings the Nancy Sinatra classic, "These Boots Are Made for Walking" to raise money for after-school literacy programs for inner city kids. Tan's rendition of the pop culture classic can be heard on the CD Stranger than Fiction, which benefits the PEN Writers Fund.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47903-amy-tan-finding-meaning-through-writing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47487-what-kind-of-superpower-will-china-be-francis-fukuyama 2008-08-22T12:50:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-jXMg6lXH5Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-jXMg6lXH5Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47487-what-kind-of-superpower-will-china-be-francis-fukuyama"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56336" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/05/28/Francis_Fukuyama_American_Foreign_Policy_After_Bush">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author and political scientist forecasts China's image as a future world superpower.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>About 400 hundred people attended the Centre's event in Sydney with the renowned American political scientist, thinker and author Professor Francis Fukuyama on 28 May.</p> <p>Chief Executive Professor Geoffrey Garrett conversed with Professor Fukuyama on a wide range of issues from the new administration's foreign policy, to the rise of China, the use of hard and soft power and the impact of climate change.</p> <p>The conversation was followed by a Q & A session - The University of Sydney</p> <p>Professor Francis Fukuyama has worked at several prominent think tanks and public policy organizations, he has served the U.S. Department of State in posts related to Middle East affairs, and is a 2002 appointee to the President's Council on Bioethics.</p> <p>Francis Fukuyama is Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and Director of its International Development Program.He is the author of The End of History and the Last Man.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47487-what-kind-of-superpower-will-china-be-francis-fukuyama">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46894-china-s-race-toward-olympic-finish-line-25-july-2008 2008-07-30T02:42:20Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I3vOqKPLzKc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I3vOqKPLzKc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46894-china-s-race-toward-olympic-finish-line-25-july-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55443" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>With two weeks to go until the Olympics, Chinese authorities have taken extreme measures to reduce air pollution for the games.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports on the dozens of factories ordered to shut down and will remain closed until late September.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46894-china-s-race-toward-olympic-finish-line-25-july-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46845-are-the-olympics-affecting-china-on-human-rights 2008-08-18T12:55:24Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QIXYIO1_UMA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QIXYIO1_UMA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46845-are-the-olympics-affecting-china-on-human-rights"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55362" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/Chinas_Olympic_Human_Rights_Challenges">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden discusses whether recent international attention due to environmental disasters, economic growth, and the 2008 Olympics has affected China's positions on human rights.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>As human rights emerge as a central concern around the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges examines China in transition today.</p> <p>When Beijing first sought to host the Olympics, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting to a market revolution. How are China’s leaders managing the Olympic process and the internal and external pressures for reform the Games are creating?</p> <p>China's Great Leap illuminates China's recent history through voices of leading China experts, and points to key areas for future reform. Join the book's editor, Minky Worden, and contributing writers Scott Greathead and Emily Parker for an evening of discussion, moderated by Jamie Metzl, Executive Vice President of the Asia Society - Asia Society</p> <p>As Media Director of Human Rights Watch, Minky Worden works with the world's journalists to help them cover crises, wars, human rights abuses and political developments in more than 70 countries worldwide.Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1998, Ms. Worden lived and worked in Hong Kong as an adviser to democratic party chairman Martin Lee and worked at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. as a speechwriter for the U.S. attorney general and in the executive office for US attorneys.</p> <p>A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Ms. Worden speaks Cantonese and German and is an elected member of the Overseas Press Club's board of governors. She is the editor of China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges (Seven Stories, May 2008) and the co-editor of Torture (New Press, 2005).</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46845-are-the-olympics-affecting-china-on-human-rights">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46666-henry-kissinger-china-as-a-rising-power 2008-08-14T16:50:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HIRCWZVRrYo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HIRCWZVRrYo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46666-henry-kissinger-china-as-a-rising-power"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55111" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/21/Uncommon_Knowledge_Henry_Kissinger">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discusses the long-term implications of Chinese economic and political growth for United States security.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Henry Kissinger discusses war and more with Peter Robinson as part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge.</p> <p>War and the media - the two have not partnered so well since Vietnam. But in the days of the Internet, conservative talk radio, and Fox News, has the dynamic changed?</p> <p>Kissinger says only a bit, and that the media remain heavily biased against military action.</p> <p>Additionally, the 1960s concept that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise is alive and well.</p> <p>In this environment, Kissinger says our leaders need to present a clearer and more educated vision of the American role in the world - Hoover Institution</p> <p>Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed in 1969 until 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman.</p> <p>Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46666-henry-kissinger-china-as-a-rising-power">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45069-struggles-for-democratic-reform-in-china-mark-leonard 2008-07-30T12:48:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TjeMh10lsLo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TjeMh10lsLo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45069-struggles-for-democratic-reform-in-china-mark-leonard"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51623" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/05/07/Mark_Leonard_What_Does_China_Think">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Mark Leonard, Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the current state of democratic reforms in China, arguing that experimentation with democracy may have the result of making the Chinese one-party state stronger rather than weaker.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>The extraordinary economic growth and reemergence of China on the world stage has underscored how little is really known about this rising power. China is clearly a global player that will impact international relations throughout the twenty-first century.</p> <p>Mark Leonard's What Does China Think? explores Chinese politics and society and analyzes their possible effects on the world at large - World Affairs Council of Washington, DC</p> <p>Mark Leonard is the Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He is also an adviser to companies and governments on China as well as Middle East reform. <br />Previously, Mark Leonard was the Director of Foreign Policy at the London-based Centre for European Reform, and was a transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund in the United States. </p> <p>Mr. Leonard has authored two books and has written several articles on international affairs in periodicals including The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and The International Herald Tribune.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45069-struggles-for-democratic-reform-in-china-mark-leonard">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44575-u-s-is-using-communist-torture-methods 2008-07-16T00:41:55Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pP7JN6i7KsA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pP7JN6i7KsA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44575-u-s-is-using-communist-torture-methods"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50969" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/44575-u-s-is-using-communist-torture-methods">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44542-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-11-27-07 2008-07-02T18:57:52Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_3xad4A6zDg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_3xad4A6zDg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44542-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-11-27-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50930" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Town Hall Meeting <br />Anderson, SC 11/27/07</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "If the Chinese want to block action in Darfur, we should act together, if the Russians want to continue to block action to stop the Iranians from developing nuclear weapons we should act together, and impose trade, economic, diplomatic, banking, financial, other sanctions on Iran to try to bring them around to stopping what they're doing. ISo, I would gather these nations, it may not be as formal as some other but I would get these nations together . . . major European financial institutions are extending unlimited lines of credit to Iran; obviously because they're gonna get paid back with oil. If we really put up severe, severe restrictions on Iran it might have some beneficial effect. At least it ought to be tried. The only way I think we're gonna be effective is without going to the UN Security Council."</p> <p>LABEL: JM SC 11-27 (JR#7) B-Clip C</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/cbql4nxogw <br />To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/374x2xnoks</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44542-john-mccain-town-hall-meeting-11-27-07">Watch the video</a>