Posted on 04/10/2008 9:49:23 AM PDT by Disturbin
TO HIGHLIGHT China's repressive policies, protesters are attacking the Olympic torch as it wends its way to Beijing and the summer games.
It's embarrassing for the moment, but China knows the real score. In the long run, the drive for human profit always beats the drive for human rights.
Massachusetts offers a tiny but telling glimpse into that broad economic reality.
On April 1, University of Massachusetts president Jack M. Wilson announced an agreement with Chinese officials to offer government-sanctioned online classes in the communist nation of 1.3 billion. The deal, UMass officials said, could generate up to $5 million a year for the university. It resulted from extensive discussions and educational exchanges between UMass and Chinese officials over the past two years.
Just a year ago, UMass trustees voted to divest from Sudan because of government-sanctioned atrocities in the Darfur region. At the time of last April's divestiture vote, Wilson said, "I am delighted. . . This decision is consistent with the university's traditions and values."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Don't worry about the initial "investment" since we will make $5 mil a year on the deal.
The number of China junkets on which ZooMass and Massachusetts so-called officials have gone lately is bordering on ludicrous.
Isn’t this nice? A taxpayer-funded web page from ZooMass promoting spending money in communist China. And they have a lovely prominent Chinese flag to be nice:
http://www.massachusetts.edu/international/internationalchina.html
Worth repeating.
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