Reader silentvoice recently made these remarks about racial harmony as a Singaporean. His thoughts resonated with me and I would like to highlight it here as a post. Do you think this is achievable in the West? Why would you be for or against such a policy? Do you think this is generally what China is also doing? There’s a lot of things we Singaporeans dislike about our … [Read more...] about A Singaporean view on racial harmony
Global Times: “Blood stains the Silk Road”
Global Times carried some really good coverage of the recent attacks in Kashgar, shedding light on the tension in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Rest of this post is really just the Global Times article itself. That one idea I feel deserves still extra mentioning is the fact that people when feeling there is nothing to loose, will tend to engage in more extremist … [Read more...] about Global Times: “Blood stains the Silk Road”
“飞天乐舞” by 赵聪 (Zhao Cong on pipa) and 陈曦 (Chen Xi on violin)
David Gergen on American politics
David Gergen has been adviser to four U.S. presidents, and recently, he had this to say about the state of politics in America (in telling his relatives): I try to tell them that the United States is going through a rough patch: the rise of lots of problems that we have allowed to fester over the years now coming to a head just when our politics are polarized, poisoned and … [Read more...] about David Gergen on American politics
Knockoff? Maybe, but it says more about what the Chinese thinks of the American newsroom
Interesting story here. The truth is it says more about the American newsroom. As the Colbert Report revealed here, news can come out of American journalists' asses, and they often do. See highlighted text below; so very true. Hence, newsrooms across America are going bankrupt. The only way to buck the trend, frankly, is to do real reporting and more truth! … [Read more...] about Knockoff? Maybe, but it says more about what the Chinese thinks of the American newsroom