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Cyclone and quake disasters shake both countries' rulers
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CCPA Monitor
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Jul/Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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REGIME QUAKES IN BURMA AND CHINA:
When news arrived of the catastrophic earthquake in Sichuan in May, my mind turned to Zheng Sun Man, an up-and-coming security executive I met on a recent trip to China. Zheng heads Aebell Electrical Technology, a Guangzhou-based company that makes surveillance cameras and public address systems and sells them to the government.
Zheng was determined to persuade me that his cameras and speakers are not being used against pro-democracy activists or factory organizers. They are for managing natural disasters, Zheng explained. Of course, surveillance cameras have other uses too-like helping to make "Most Wanted" posters of Tibetan activists. But Zheng did have ...