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Much of that criticism misses the mark.
Only under the most biting international criticism and censure did China grudgingly admit that there were 340 cases in Beijing, with over 400 more suspected cases.
Young, aspiring populations, whose criticism of the old regime was at least as much economic as political, need their tourist industry back on its feet, their business entrepreneurs feeling confident, and eager foreign investors.
They know that their government is fragile, and they consider criticism harmful rather than cleansing.
The most strident criticism, however, comes from those who worry that the World Bank is straying from its mandate.
Judging from events in the last two months, its $560 billion stabilization plan has served its purpose, despite some public criticism that it was too hastily formulated.
Finally, the authorities have subtly used the media to maintain consumer confidence by managing public criticism and thereby helping maintain popular trust in the government and the economy.
The Swiss public was so convinced of the benefits of heroin-assisted therapy that, in two nationwide votes, voters endorsed the policy, despite domestic political opposition and criticism from the International Narcotics Control Board.
This requires coordinating policing and health programs within a coherent policy framework, investing in research and public education on drug policy, opening new programs to independent review, and standing up to ideological criticism, both domestic and international, with evidence and pragmatism.
In November of last year, the US Federal Reserve’s decision to launch a new cycle of “quantitative easing” (buying up government bonds through monetary creation) triggered fierce criticism in Europe.
The initial critical reaction on the part of several Arab governments to Hezbollah’s kidnapping of Israeli soldiers is a sign that such criticism is possible, as are selective comments by a number of Muslim religious leaders.
This is the second source of criticism.
Following this commitment, improper criticism of Switzerland and its legal system, and also various threats to put Switzerland on a so-called “black list,” should end.
After Chinese leaders faced international criticism and deteriorating relations with the US, Japan, India, and other countries, they decided to return to Deng’s smart-power strategy.
Its criticism of Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, and Chief-of-Staff Dan Halutz – set forth in a detailed and meticulous 117-page assessment – is harsh, but not surprising.
Regardless of whether it was intended as a criticism, I considered it a compliment.
Indeed, one senses a certain satisfaction in some countries that have been the targets of human rights criticism by the US; now they sense an opportunity to turn the tables.
Up to now, criticism from the rest of the world has had no effect on the Bush administration's plans.
By stressing real human-rights abuses in Iran and Arab countries, this lobby group for Israel is suggesting that criticism (“scapegoating”) of Israel is not only wrong but immoral: “Your misguided actions ensure that LGBT people in the Middle East continue to live in hiding under constant threat of death.”
Abuses in one place, no matter how grotesque, should not be used to stifle criticism in another.
In any event, if its staff’s criticism ever becomes too candid, these countries can always use their leverage to water down the public communiqués issued by the IMF’s board.
But some of this criticism of “market fundamentalism” reflects a misunderstanding.
Nonetheless, elected officials find a Tobin tax highly appealing, because it could blunt criticism and divert attention from fundamental, but politically paralyzing, problems surrounding economic policy, particularly budgets, debt, and slow growth.
Players should not be exempt from ethical criticism for what they do on the field, any more than they are exempt from ethical criticism for cheating off the field – for example, by taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Meanwhile, proposals for pre-adoption assessment of national budgets by the EU have attracted criticism in France and elsewhere, which serves as a reminder of the distance there is between calls for coordination and actual acceptance of its implications.
Insofar as some Chinese firms do lag behind Western standards, they are becoming increasingly sensitive to foreign criticism and are learning fast.
A passive follower keeps his head down, shuns risk, and avoids criticism.
During Boris Yeltsin’s presidency, this criticism became even stronger.
African dictators might do dreadful things but somehow they did not meet with condemnation from many European intellectuals, for criticism implied cultural arrogance.
Forty years later, a counterrevolution took hold, reflecting sharp criticism of fiscal activism.
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