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Who wins from Chinese-Taiwanese economic interdependence? Realist and liberal assessments

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Imaduddin Ahmed Trade between China and Taiwan was worth $77 million in 1979, the first year of Beijing’s opening-up policy. By 1993, cross-strait trade was worth $9.3 billion.[1] Even under strained political relations with a DPP Taiwanese government antagonising China’s political leadership, China accounted for 40% of Taiwan’s exports in 2006 and 70% of its foreign direct investment in 2005, with trade between the two amounting for US$108 billion in 2006 according to Mainland government figures. In early 2009, 1 million, Taiwanese business people and their family members, or 4.5% of the island’s population, lived and worked in China.[2] Official … Continue reading Who wins from Chinese-Taiwanese economic interdependence? Realist and liberal assessments

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Fortuneteller – Imaduddin Ahmed, F11, Interviews Professor Vali Nasr, F84

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Fletcher Features Professor of International Politics at The Fletcher School Vali Nasr, F84, and Senior Advisor to Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, talks to Imaduddin Ahmed, F11, about his newest book,Forces of Fortune. What is the central … Continue reading Fortuneteller – Imaduddin Ahmed, F11, Interviews Professor Vali Nasr, F84

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Bhutto ist tot – es lebe die Demokratie!

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Der Westen muss die pakistanische Mittelschicht unterstützen 01.02.2008 | von Imaduddin Ahmed Internationale Politik 2, Februar 2008, S. 111 – 113 Die Medien haben viel Aufhebens darum gemacht, dass Benazir Bhuttos Tod das Ende von Demokratie und Hoffnung in Pakistan … Continue reading Bhutto ist tot – es lebe die Demokratie!

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Rule of law interviews with the media

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I’m a Muslim, get me out of here, BBC Radio 4 Decency on hold, Daily Times A look at INS Special registration, Star News TV Focus Asia by Ling Liu – full interview Muslim registration under attack, San Francisco Chronicle On being a threat to homeland security, Wiretap – full interview Berdahl sends back $63,000 to ASUC, Daily Californian Campus remembers attacks, Daily Californian International Students may pay fee for database, Daily Californian Students protest INS registration policy, Daily Californian Post September 11 woes plague international students, Daily Californian INS Registration stirs foreign student fears, Daily Californian Continue reading Rule of law interviews with the media

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Contrasting memories of pre and post-Partition Lahore – Rehana Bano Bokhari

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The Friday Times I remember that pre-Partition, my two elder sisters studied at the co-ed FC College. Post-Partition, when I finished high school, Ab Ji, Maulana Salahuddin Ahmed, did not want me to go to a coeducational college because he … Continue reading Contrasting memories of pre and post-Partition Lahore – Rehana Bano Bokhari

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City of Love

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The Friday Times | Mar 8, 2007 Cyril Almeida was in Lahore for Basant and set eyelashes aflutter; now his heart is flying like a kite Lahore’s Achilles heel has long been its women: cookie-cutter LGS princesses who are more girl than woman. They are always pretty, but few are attractive few weeks ago an article in these pages extolling the virtues of Karachi made me throw up my hands in disbelief. I am a Karachiite. I voluntarily came back to the city after seven years away. I would rather not be anywhere else. But Karachi is an awful city. Anyone … Continue reading City of Love

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Lambs to the slaughter

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The Friday Times | Imaduddin Ahmed meets the family of Nadeem, a victim of Basant Spring fesitvals celebrate fertility, birth and renewal. Basant, for some families, is different. This year Akhtar Bibi and her family will be marking the first year death anniversary of their son, Nadeem Pasha, who would now be 19. On 26th February 2006, Nadeem, the youngest of eight brothers and sisters, ventured into Lahore with friends from Chung village off Multan Road. This was the second of 14 days that the Supreme Court lifted its ban on kites that year. He was going to Gulshan-e-Iqbal. He … Continue reading Lambs to the slaughter