Living in the West has the advantage of access to everything from good to bad as long as you have money, but one disadvantage is being somewhat cut off from Chinese literary scene. Thus I was excited when NYT recently talked about a Chinese living in Montreal having his novel translated to English published. His name is Xue Yiwei. He immigrated from China to Canada on a skill … [Read more...] about Dr. Bethune’s Children
Archives for November 2017
19th Party Congress- View from U.S.
It's more than a week since the close of 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress. It's obvious big news in China, with commentators explaining and expounding its significance and vision for the future. With the release of many documentaries before the opening showing the achievements during the past 5 years. (Those who are interested can easily access them from YouTube.) For … [Read more...] about 19th Party Congress- View from U.S.
War against Twitter, Facebook and Google: End of Free speech?
Mainstream media were already conforming to America's censorship towards any 'unfriendly' messages against them. Perhaps the last known frontier towards free speech is the internet and it is going down also. Recently representatives from Twitter, Google, and Facebook are called to Capital Hill because of 'Russian … [Read more...] about War against Twitter, Facebook and Google: End of Free speech?