The Chinese internet is up in arms over the story of riots in Guizhou province over the weekend. For the most comprehensive news we know so far, I refer you to ESWN's very detailed coverage. There's nothing I have to add. Roland at ESWN mentions that an article at Xinhua forum (连接) has been left open to netizen discussion, in contrast to much tighter standards at Tianya and … [Read more...] about The Weng'An Riots – Online
The Chinese debate – Part 2: Democracy and the economy
Thanks to one our visitors (Traveler, Youzi, 游子), a debate about fundamental issues that divide many Chinese has been brought to our blog (see comment in earlier thread). In this post, I want to express my opinions on the economy, democracy, and the Chinese government. I also want to send a few sentences to Mr. Wahaha: please do not so easily “represent” the Chinese or the … [Read more...] about The Chinese debate – Part 2: Democracy and the economy
The Chinese debate – Part 1: The West
One of our myriad goals for this blog was to make one simple point: the Chinese debate politics. The Chinese community debate eloquently and foolishly, intelligently and blindly, informed and uninformed, left and right, China and West... the Chinese are not brain-washed robots living in a closed society; we often disagree, often very passionately. To make this point, we … [Read more...] about The Chinese debate – Part 1: The West
The misnamed Dalai Lama
What should we call the Dalai Lama? It might seem like a silly enough question... but if you look deeper, there lies a more substantial issue of basic respect and mutual understanding. On Davidpeng's blog (in an article linking to one of our entries)... an interesting discussion has developed (原贴) on that exact topic. One commenter (Flatfish, a frequent Tibetan visitor) … [Read more...] about The misnamed Dalai Lama
"True Pride" – Time magazine
Ah, wonderful article published in Time. Of course, I'm biased as her perspectives very much mirror mine. If only we could convince Ms. Liu to submit an article for us once in a while... I'm tempted to paste the entire article here, I find it that compelling. Instead, you can read it here: Time - True Pride. Money quotes: Just a few weeks ago, the west's view of china was … [Read more...] about "True Pride" – Time magazine