Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. China celebrated it by a 2 parts TV documentary ( Marx Forever) of his life and a speech by President Xi Jinping attended by all politburo members. I am of course familiar with Marx and Marxism as I attended schools in the 50s in China, yet I was not that knowledgeable about his life until I saw the documentaries, and I … [Read more...] about Karl Marx
Korea
Living in U.S. one can't help but be aware of the biases and distorted views against China, but for the hermit kingdom it must be 10 times more so. We'll probably not know why North Korea started the peace offensive for a while, whether China joining in enforcing UN sanctions push them over the edge? The defector crossing with worms in his bowel, the dead fishermen found in … [Read more...] about Korea
Trump
I wrote before the election why I prefer Hillary over Trump because she will be a competent leader managing the slow decline of American Empire, while Trump will be an incompetent megalomania accelerating the decline and endangering the world. Now after more than a year into his presidency, his incompetence is in full display, and his danger to the world is worrying everyone … [Read more...] about Trump
On the Question of Term Limit
Recent announcement of the revision of Chinese constitution removing term limit for President and Vice President generated a lot of commotion in the Western press and some opposition from small group of intellectuals, mostly liberals, human right lawyers, and some with bad memories from Cultural Revolution. The superficial reflexes are it's bad for China, Lord Acton's maxim, … [Read more...] about On the Question of Term Limit
Spring Gala, Race, and Cultural Brain Washing
During the recent spring gala on CCTV1, one episode portraying friendship between China and Africa caused some backlashes mostly from liberals and America educated Chinese students on whether China was insensitive or was racism. To me it's instructive that actually it shows the U.S. centric view on culture and the brain washing or propaganda that most are unaware. To be … [Read more...] about Spring Gala, Race, and Cultural Brain Washing