Here's a bit from a famous poem by a famous colonial-era British author. I'll put the original and then an updated version, since his English is old and a little hard to understand. It's from "The Ballad of East and West," by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). … [Read more...] about (Letter) East is East and West is West… will they ever meet? (a famous poem)
(Letter from MutantJedi) Follow up on Yang Jia
July 9th, Buxi posted a story about Yang Jia. I think many of us were hoping that his trail would have been public, would have been transparent. But it wasn't. Rather it was done in closed session. … [Read more...] about (Letter from MutantJedi) Follow up on Yang Jia
(Letter) Chinese people like it when you "lie" to them
"C'mon baby, go ahead 'n' liiiie to me!" … [Read more...] about (Letter) Chinese people like it when you "lie" to them
(Foolsmountain Admin) Fool’s Mountain:New Face and New Initiative
I hope you all liked the face lift we just did (special thanks to 大猫, our new technical consultant, for making the beautiful header image). :-) First off, to follow the tradition of our site reports, here is our web stats for August. … [Read more...] about (Foolsmountain Admin) Fool’s Mountain:New Face and New Initiative
(Letter from Otto Kerner, Opposing Viewpoint) Tibet: A Way Forward?
In the comments to an earlier post related to Tibet, I found it striking that, although by different routes, bianxiangbianqiao and wuming and I have reached roughly the same conclusion, viz that there's no logical reason why Tibet should remain part of China, but, at the same time, it is completely impossible for China to let it become independent, since that would invariably … [Read more...] about (Letter from Otto Kerner, Opposing Viewpoint) Tibet: A Way Forward?