This is the preface of the book titled Memoir of Chen Mingzhong (陈明忠回忆录) written by Lu Zhenghui (吕正惠) who is a university professor at Taiwan Tamkang University (淡江大学), the editor was Lin Na (李娜). Chen Mingzhong has been an activist in Taiwan since the 1950s. I feel that this part of Taiwan's history is so well buried that it needs to be better known. In the following … [Read more...] about A Buried History of Taiwan
Chinese Interpretation of Property Rights
This post is supposed to be respond to @ersim and @Black Pheonix but grow into the following: I want to note that before Qin re-united the country, the title of huang(皇) and di(帝) mean sage or saint. The Qin king combined that title and make it huangdi(皇帝) which becomes the title emperor. And I also want to say that before the Xia dynasty, leader in China is elected rather … [Read more...] about Chinese Interpretation of Property Rights
United Nations Climate Change Conference, Warsaw 2013
In a perfect world, we would have free press that report objective and fair news. We are also told that western developed countries are responsible in their dealing with global issues, especially one as important as climate change. However, if you think there is no invisible hand behind what is selected to be reported by press, privately or government held, think again. … [Read more...] about United Nations Climate Change Conference, Warsaw 2013
Another Tibet Article
What comes to your mind when you look at the population distribution map above? Different people see different things even if it is the same picture or skewed statistic. In case you are new, the standard narrative of mainstream western press is that China invaded Tibet in 1959, and has been committing genocide on the Tibetan people since then. If you have doubt do a … [Read more...] about Another Tibet Article
This is a joke (Chinese Malaysian style)
Yesterday I went to buy joss sticks and joss paper to pray for my ancestors. The towkay asked me if I wanted to buy paper iphone to burn for my ancestors. I said they know how to use or not? He said Steve Jobs already there, can teach them to use. I said ok loh. He asked want to buy casing? I also said ok. Next he asked me if I wanted Bluetooth? I said might as well … [Read more...] about This is a joke (Chinese Malaysian style)