Growing up as a baby boomer in U.S. one experienced great changes, from civil rights, music, and now China looming in the horizon. It was a time of idealism, protests against Vietnam War, and environmentalism. Yet it is a disappointment that boomer generation wind up as Yuppies, Reagan democrats, and now Tea Partiers. For a Chinese American like myself any news about China and … [Read more...] about In Praise of “Yiyun Li (李翊雲)” and ‘Kinder than Solititude”
Archives for September 2014
Experimenting with New Themes
I am playing with updating our themes. Our old theme is no longer supported, has not been updated in over three years, has become not that search friendly ... and does not display well on mobile devices (small screens). Give me a week or so to toy with different things. If anyone has a wordpress theme they like, please suggest to me below or by private email. Thanks! … [Read more...] about Experimenting with New Themes
Enjoy this short scenic video of Xian
Yuanfan Zhang - CEO and founder at Alibaba - recently shared a video with Overseas Chinese World Affairs Forum on facebook about Xi'an, his hometown, that I found entertaining. I had visited China's ancient capital Xi'an in 2008 and found it to be a beautiful city and thought I'd share it here. Enjoy! … [Read more...] about Enjoy this short scenic video of Xian
Why Democrats Can’t Win the House?
I read the Sunday column by Nate Cohen in NYT with interest. Although it's not directly related to China, but in a way it's related with the question of democracy raised by Chinese dissidents about Hong Kong. Mr. Cohen says that Republicans has essentially a lock in the House for years to come , not only because of gerrymandering, but because of demographic and urban/ rural … [Read more...] about Why Democrats Can’t Win the House?
Hong Kong and Democracy
Calling it a “sad day for Hong Kong” one of the world’s prominent democracy scholars decried Beijing’s new restrictions on Hong Kong’s upcoming elections, saying they would fail to meet international standards for universal suffrage and could invite a public boycott. This seems to be about the worst outcome imaginable. No progress toward democracy, not even a timetable … [Read more...] about Hong Kong and Democracy