A week or so ago, in one of the final classes of the fourth year history seminar on Christianity in China that I am currently taking, the professor, in an apparent effort to coax us into some critical thinking, posed these questions; “Did Christianity become a Chinese religion? And if so, when and how did this happen?” The answers that we came up with in class included when … [Read more...] about (Letter from Lime) No Such Thing as China
(Letter from tibetan, Opposing Viewpoint) Smurf Emancipation Day: 50 years of harmonious oppression
In light of the mega attention and millions of yuans that chinese government use to establish a new holiday in Tibet "Serf Emancipation Day", and advertise this around the world, clever Tibetan youth in Tibet created the following cartoon: "Surf Emancipation Day: 50 years of harmonious oppression". http://woeser.middle-way.net/2009/03/blog-post_28.html … [Read more...] about (Letter from tibetan, Opposing Viewpoint) Smurf Emancipation Day: 50 years of harmonious oppression
(Letter from ecodelta) Tai Chi Scooter One-Ups The Segway
"A mechanical engineer at Purdue University has one-upped the Segway guys with a hands-free scooter that uses the principles of Tai Chi, the ancient Chinese martial art, to keep you from falling on your face." Original article can be found here. http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/students-build.html … [Read more...] about (Letter from ecodelta) Tai Chi Scooter One-Ups The Segway
(Letter from sophie, Opposing Viewpoint) Cultural Reflections on Tibet
In a previous thread, Steve asked why, with so much material improvement in Tibet region shown by MAJ, the Chinese government still can't win Tibetan's heart? I have been asking the same question too. Following recent MAJ's comments, I came across this article 'Reflections on Tibet' by Wang Lixiong published in 2002. Wang Lixiong is the writer of 'Roadmap of Tibetan … [Read more...] about (Letter from sophie, Opposing Viewpoint) Cultural Reflections on Tibet
(Letter from ecodelta) Is China the plug in hybrid vehicle paradise?
Casually browsing through the internet I stumbled over this article about plug in hybrid cars. Here is the link http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=electric-cars-cost-per-charge The article compares the relative costs and advantages of plug in hybrid vehicles respect to conventional gas powered vehicles. The article makes some major claims about energy resource consumption … [Read more...] about (Letter from ecodelta) Is China the plug in hybrid vehicle paradise?