One of the key conflicts - at least in U.S. view - between U.S. and China over the last few years has been "cyber attack" and "cyber espionage." During President Xi's recent visit to the U.S., Obama has scolded Xi very publicly - and with much fanfare - that Chinese cyber espionage against U.S. government and companies must stop. Obama told reporters: "I raised once again … [Read more...] about Obama lecturing China about hacking and snooping? Shameless!
Archives for September 2015
Xi Jinping’s U.N. Speech
President Xi Jinping made an important speech in which he outlined a better way for the international community to move forward: not with hegemony, but with an eye toward win-win cooperation. Below is a transcript. An official U.N. copy can be found here. … [Read more...] about Xi Jinping’s U.N. Speech
Indonesia’s Hidden Holocaust
Joshua Oppenheimer is an Oscar-nominated American film director based in Denmark. He recently produced two award-winning documentaries on the genocide perpetrated by the Indonesian government against ethnic Chinese and others throughout Indonesia in 1965-69. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning that atrocity. Joshua penned what I think is a great op-ed in … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s Hidden Holocaust
Hillary’s Tweet about China Regarding Women’s Rights … and What it Reveals…
As China and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon get set to co-host a U.N. meeting of world leaders on gender equality and women's empowerment, Hillary Clinton decided to crash the party. On Sunday, Hillary tweeted: Xi hosting a meeting on woman’s rights at the UN while persecuting feminists? Shameless. This came as a surprise to many Chinese, including me. Women's rights … [Read more...] about Hillary’s Tweet about China Regarding Women’s Rights … and What it Reveals…
Q&A with a Russian friend (see download links or attached PDF)
PDF attachment: Q&A with a Russian Friend Sometimes it is helpful for the Hidden Harmonies audience to remember that China is not alone in being demonized by the mainstream western (primarily US) media. Any country that doesn't "fit" neatly into the US "liberal-democratic" ideological dogma will naturally be painted as some kind of morally degenerate rogue state out to … [Read more...] about Q&A with a Russian friend (see download links or attached PDF)