Have lived in U.S. for over 50 years, yet because of my Chinese root, I am always attuned to what happens in China. I avidly read all books about China and Chinese history. From Edgar Snow, William Hinton, to various China experts. From People's Daily to New York Times about recent events. I consider my schooling up to 8th grade in Shanghai during the 50s as inoculation against … [Read more...] about 政治局新年首次集体学习辩证唯物主义 (Politburo together studied Dialectic Materialism)
Archives for January 2015
Abe’s Japan going backwards on the Comfort Women Issue
It seems inevitable that Japan would start whitewashing its textbooks its WWII atrocities. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/09/national/tokyo-based-textbook-publisher-to-delete-depictions-of-comfort-women/#.VLw_T0fF8pA Now the word "comfort Women" has been removed from High School textbooks and instead replaced by South Korean "individuals victimized by Japan … [Read more...] about Abe’s Japan going backwards on the Comfort Women Issue
The Myth of a Chinese takeover in Siberia – Continued
As an avid follower and enthusiast of modern trends in Sino-Russian relations (and media coverage thereof), I saw this "jewel" of an op-ed in the New York Times earlier this week, titled "Why China will Reclaim Siberia". This type of Sinophobic fear-mongering is nothing new in the western media. With amusement, I read through it with the slight hope of finding some new, … [Read more...] about The Myth of a Chinese takeover in Siberia – Continued
Why did China ban Google? And why do the West try to shut down the Confucian Institute?
The common western narrative is that China's government is oppressive and fear that its citizens would discover freedom and democracy through those websites. On the social-economic level, they imply that China's leadership lack confidence when dealing with the western world. The underlying message is that that those rich multi-billion corporations are somehow purveyor of … [Read more...] about Why did China ban Google? And why do the West try to shut down the Confucian Institute?