With the ongoing protest movement in Hong Kong, it's inevitable the Western press would anoint some 18 year old student as the future of China just as they did during the 89 TAM event. NYT not only featured him prominently they also have him wrote a column on democracy. Reading his naïve platitudes one can't but be reminded of those old students now working on Wall Street with … [Read more...] about Channeling Arthur Chu
Plutocrats Against Democracy
On today's New York Times, Paul Krugman has a column on democracy in Hong Kong. "It’s always good when leaders tell the truth, especially if that wasn’t their intention. So we should be grateful to Leung Chun-ying, the Beijing-backed leader of Hong Kong, for blurting out the real reason pro-democracy demonstrators can’t get what they want: With open voting, “You would be … [Read more...] about Plutocrats Against Democracy
The Mantra of “One Man, One Vote.”
It seems to be so reactionary to be against democracy, a noble concept. Yet for someone like me who has been living in U.S. for so long, a cynic, maybe jaded, the slogan of Hong Kong students of real democracy, or the Western media's championing of human rights provoke mirth and bitter laugh in me. First let us look at the world at large, U.N. where annually at New York … [Read more...] about The Mantra of “One Man, One Vote.”
Killing Chicken Warning Monkey
Now with the trial and sentencing of Ilham Tohti over, the expected reverberations and shocks from Western Countries continues. It's obvious Xinjiang officials and by implication central government in Beijing have decided on iron fist policy and no compromise. It remains to be seen whether it will work. Yet for me it is rather sad and with a sense of deja vu. For it very much … [Read more...] about Killing Chicken Warning Monkey
In Praise of “Yiyun Li (李翊雲)” and ‘Kinder than Solititude”
Growing up as a baby boomer in U.S. one experienced great changes, from civil rights, music, and now China looming in the horizon. It was a time of idealism, protests against Vietnam War, and environmentalism. Yet it is a disappointment that boomer generation wind up as Yuppies, Reagan democrats, and now Tea Partiers. For a Chinese American like myself any news about China and … [Read more...] about In Praise of “Yiyun Li (李翊雲)” and ‘Kinder than Solititude”