Rudd challenges China’s human rights abuses, defends right to protest against Olympic Torch relay!
It’s been a big day for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd!
After creating history by becoming the first western leader to make a speech to the Chinese in Mandarin, Rudd upset his hosts by repeating the comments he made in Washington last week [...]

Maria Reyes-McDavis introduced me to a new term this week, Cross Blog Conversations.
She in turn picked it up from Lynne Terry
In a nut shell it refers to asking a question, or joining in a conversation with other bloggers in much the same way as you would in the comments section of a blog, but in [...]