Many have wondered why the Chinese government is taking such harsh action toward young activists who have done nothing to challenge the regime.

Perhaps his effort to change America s Cuba policy which means challenging the highly disciplined lobby opposing the rule of Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl will show the way.

In short, when it comes to a Sino Russian alliance challenging the West, history is not likely to repeat itself.

I'm actually here to make a challenge to people.

You're not going to defy gravity.

Because it is full of inaccuracies and wrong thinking.

And artists should be challenging the status quo.

Now I'm going to challenge you. I'm going show you a video.

Where better to challenge those minds than here at TED?

Triple H tried to persuade Batista to challenge the WWE Champion John Bradshaw Layfield of SmackDown!

This raises an obvious question How has China managed to defy the Mundell trilemma by maintaining all three policy objectives simultaneously?

China can challenge American leadership only if others follow it, and so far it has found few takers.

They have championed modern evidence based decision making and constantly come up with new, constructive ways of challenging the government and its assumptions.

Designed to challenge the German Junkers Ju 88, the Tu 2 proved comparable, and was produced in torpedo, interceptor and reconnaissance versions.

A US president can challenge political constraints only by taking on powerful lobbies.

Only time will tell whether these countries will successfully challenge the established powers.

Above all, there is value in questioning and challenging the status quo.

And I challenge anybody in the room to make their chest go like this.

It means challenging what we take for granted, things that we think are obvious.

At last, the Government are listening to the people.

The government listens to the people in the end.

In terms of freedom of speech, I was struck by an Iranian friend s views on the newspaper I worked for after leaving the Ministry, a strong opposition paper created to critique the Government's moves and to challenge Chávez in any way possible (these days it s in deep trouble due to the fierce backlash from the government and lack of resources).

History honors those who dare to challenge the politics of inertia by opening, through inspired diplomacy, new paths to progress.

Tom was stupid enough to challenge Mary to a game of chess.

Oh sure, it's against the government alright.

But the fact remains that Russia is too weak to challenge the West further, at least in the way that it did in Ukraine.

In the letter, Natnael asks the US government to reconsider its support for the Ethiopian government.

They implicated actually, the Spanish government, amazingly.

Some took the opportunity to criticize the government

Let us send a message to the Romanian government.

Since Tsipras s election in January, German officials have barely been able to contain their fury that a left wing upstart government of a tiny, bankrupt country would dare to challenge one of the world s great economies.

I want the verb to be educate, or activate, or engage, or confront, or defy, or create.

Calls upon the Government of Turkmenistan

3. Urges the Government of Turkmenistan

2. Urges the Government of Belarus

In Japan we may criticize the government freely.

This has put pressure on the government too.

How credible is the outcry of a civilization when it is selective and only reacts to past events and not

Or better, how do you explain when others are able to achieve things that seem to defy all of the assumptions?

Thousands upon thousands of people in countries throughout the world united to challenge those in power.

4. Calls upon the Government of Iraq

4. Calls upon the Government of the Sudan

4. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar

5. Calls upon the Government of Iraq

Donation of assets to the Government of Timor Leste