In the lead up to the "25th Anniversary" of the Tienanmen Square Incident of 1989, we are hearing everything again of how a great sad chapter of Chinese history has been - and continue - to be covered up. A politically activist museum even opened in Hong Kong earlier this month. Old, tired politically activists are freshly interviewed by the major Western media outlets again … [Read more...] about Tiananmen and Freedom of Speech
Archives for May 2014
A New U.S. China Diplomatic Row a la Devyani Khobragade?
Yesterday, the U.S. Justice Department indicted five Chinese nationals of the Chinese military, living in China, with cyber espionage in the U.S. against American companies. China has reacted emphatically, calling the allegations trumped up and hypocritical (see, e.g., this xinhua article). According to this Washington Post Report, The Justice Department has indicted five … [Read more...] about A New U.S. China Diplomatic Row a la Devyani Khobragade?
Two (Minor) Chinese Fishermen Returned from Phillipines Deny Poaching Sea Turtles
When the story of the Philippines Police arresting Chinese fishermen for illegally fishing sea turtles in Half Moon Shoal broke a few days ago, I immediately read saw in the news that families of fishermen highly doubt the veracity of that story since the fishermen did not leave with equipment to poach turtles... Well, here are a few more details from xinhua. QIONGHAI, … [Read more...] about Two (Minor) Chinese Fishermen Returned from Phillipines Deny Poaching Sea Turtles
Some actual HK Data of HK people misbehaving, in need of outrage by HK people
So, for a while now since the "peegate" stories spread on the internet via some angry HK'ers following mainland tourists around with cameras, I have wondered, why was this such a huge deal in HK? Afterall, NYC subway smell like pee. If you googled "NY peeing", you get videos of public urination in NY. So, then the question is, how clean are the HK people? (I have been … [Read more...] about Some actual HK Data of HK people misbehaving, in need of outrage by HK people