Kate Saunders, 12.23.2010

Communications Director for the International Campaign for Tibet

A WikiLeaks cable says the Dalai Lama advocated for the the U.S. to shift its focus to climate change in Tibet. It is a message that China's top leader Hu Jintao, needs to hear.

Thor Halvorssen, 12.23.2010

President, Human Rights Foundation

Just as Nelson Mandela symbolized the struggle for individual rights and equality in South Africa, so Liu Xiaobo embodies the struggle for freedom of expression and for civil and political rights in China.

Melanie Nayer, 12.22.2010

Hotel reviewer, Luxury travel

In China, the celebration of Christmas is more commercial than religious, but still manifests the same reaction: a time to embrace family and friends, and maybe even give a gift or two.

Daniel Wagner, 12.22.2010

Managing Director, Country Risk Solutions

International companies have long believed that they must have a presence in China because they consider its 1.3 billion people to be potential consumers. But research raises question about who the country's middle class really are and the true meaning of their disposable income.

John Feffer, 12.20.2010

Co-director, Foreign Policy In Focus

Rather than waiting patiently for reunification to take place through negotiations, the South Korean Lee Myoung-bak administration wants to accelerate the process, by force if necessary.

Rep. Mike Honda, 12.20.2010

Represents the 15th Congressional District of California in the U.S. House

One of the greatest lessons to be learned from the Program for International Student Assessment report released this month is that equity matters.

Chris Weigant, 12.17.2010

Blogger, ChrisWeigant.com

My apologies to anyone tuning in who was expecting to see the 150th "Friday Talking Points" column, since it will be pre-empted for two weeks here. B...

G. Roger Denson, 12.19.2010

Critic, essayist and cultural nomad

You don't have to be a Trotskyite to see that Mika Rottenberg's provocative video is politically problematic on a number of levels. Her indictment of Western managerial exploitation? It leaves much to be desired.

Gordon Brown, 12.17.2010

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

America must now lead and ask the world to agree on a modern Marshall Plan that coordinates trade and macroeconomic policies to boost global growth.

Maggie Van Ostrand, 12.17.2010

Humorist

The AP reports the U.S. Department of Immigration apprehended Santa Claus attempting to illegally enter the United States.

Patrick Takahashi, 12.16.2010

Director Emeritus, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute

While there are those who believe that China will rule the world, including a few close friends of mine, the odds, I think, are greater that in time a number of hurdles will prove to be insurmountable.

Philip Seib, 12.16.2010

Professor of journalism and public diplomacy and director of the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California

NEW DELHI --- "Incredible India." For tourism purposes, that slogan has served India well, but it is insufficient to convey the identity of a rising...

Leon T. Hadar, 12.15.2010

Journalist and foreign affairs analyst

Chinese foreign policy is focused not on achieving global preeminence, but on maintaining access to energy resources and on creating a regional sphere of influence in East Asia.

Michelle Kraus, 12.15.2010

Veteran of the politcal blogging community

WikiLeaks raises some of the most poignant questions of our time about the power of cyber warfare, the role of hackers, and the future of the Internet...

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, 12.14.2010

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Jeffrey Rubin, 12.14.2010

Economist

There are basically two ways to cut carbon emissions, and neither one of them involves global climate change summits like the one just held in Cancún, Mexico.

Justin Snider, 12.13.2010

Contributing editor, The Hechinger Report

To gain insight into what Finland's doing right, I sat down with Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, Director General of the Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation in Finland's Ministry of Education and Culture.

John Lundberg, 12.12.2010

Writer and poetry teacher

The first English-language collection of poetry written by 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is set for publication. The collection, entitled "June Fourth Elegies," will be translated by the poet Jeffrey Yang.

Rev. Chuck Freeman, 12.10.2010

Founder and President, The Free Souls Project

Liu Xiaobo was unable to be in Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. He is just one year into an 11-year jail sentence for subversion because he penned an open letter calling for democratic reforms in China.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, 12.12.2010

Professor of History, UC Irvine

As the Nobel ceremony shifts from current event to historical moment, we can put what has happened into perspective -- and get a sense of how Liu, his prize, and the empty seat held for him in Oslo may come to be remembered.

Robert C. O’Brien, 12.10.2010

Chinese archeologists are busy here in Kenya looking for evidence of Chinese trade with Africa in the 1400s to show the world that China was here as a commercial and military power before the Europeans arrived.