Russia Today interviews Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, a researcher at Center for Research for Globalization, about the illegal arming of Libyan rebels. Nazemroaya also tells first hand account of Reuters reporter lying about meeting rebel leaders to give false impression of support by the population in Tripoli. … [Read more...] about Russia Today: Sending arms to Libyan rebels is illegal, Western media falsifying reporting
Archives for July 2011
The New/Old Western Religion of Politics
In this article, http://nationalinterest.org/article/hegemony-chinese-characteristics-5439, Aaron Friedberg argues essentially, US and China are destined to be hostile to one another because of their differing political ideologies. That argument is often used in the Western perspective. However, it deserves a 2nd look and rethink. … [Read more...] about The New/Old Western Religion of Politics
Some thoughts at 100k
We are about to pass the 100k 'visitors' (metric is not exact science, and I actually suspect it should be 'visits') mark soon, though the map doesn't count our RSS readers traffic. (We are also moving onto a bigger server, so please bear with the recent sluggishness for just a little while longer. There are 950+ articles and 36k+ comments on the blog.) Allen and I … [Read more...] about Some thoughts at 100k
Zero tolerance for concealing major accidents
People's Daily recently published an Op-Ed by He Yong (h/t to Sweet & Sour Socialism), titled, "China needs zero tolerance for concealing major accidents." The original was published in Chinese and subsequently translated into English by the People's Daily Online. If all facts are true, then I agree with He completely. In recent years, there have been a number of oil … [Read more...] about Zero tolerance for concealing major accidents
Tibetan vs. First Nations
(YinYang: This came via a reader, Ray, self-described as "overseas Chinese who currently resides in Toronto, Canada born in the 1970s in Malaysia. The piece below is timely as the Dalai Lama was recently on a trip to the U.S. as a 'spiritual leader.' By the way, he recently supposedly stepped down as a political leader. I thought it ironic he goes straight for Capitol Hill and … [Read more...] about Tibetan vs. First Nations