Written by Tang Buxi, May 2nd, 2008 The argument, as many have undoubtedly heard, is that China is essentially bank-rolling "genocide in Darfur" (see: American Jewish Groups Call For Olympics Boycott) . The term "genocide" itself is probably misused in this context, and it minimizes the true scale of the Nazi Germany Holocaust. There is undoubtedly a devastating civil war in … [Read more...] about China and Genocide
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Our Voice – Our Truth
Tang Buxi wrote this flyer the day before the Olympic Torch arrived in San Francisco. Who are you? We are human beings, first and foremost. Most of us are also ethnic Chinese; due to our personal ties and experiences in China, we more keenly understand why Beijing applied to host the Olympics, and why so many Chinese place significant weight on a successful Beijing … [Read more...] about Our Voice – Our Truth
Kishore Mahbubani on China
From TVOntario's flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin Kishore Mahbubani is dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and the author of “The New Asian Hemisphere.” "One of the greatest flaws in western discourse is the assumption that the 900 million people in the West speaks for the world. They don't!" … [Read more...] about Kishore Mahbubani on China