Few weeks ago I made a brief intro to armless pianist Liu Wei on "China's Got Talent." Liu Wei has now won. Lyndsey Parker has followed the competition, and here she continued her coverage, "Armless Pianist Liu Wei Wows & Wins On 'China's Got Talent'." And this past weekend, Liu won the entire competition with a tear-jerking and inspiring performance of James Blunt's … [Read more...] about Armless Pianist Liu Wei, an inspiration for the world, wins ‘China’s Got Talent’
The current global imbalance, a fight between rich and poor
Despite the moral posturing and smearing campaign against China in the Western media on the currency valuation issue, the essence of the current rebalancing of our world economic system is a fight between the rich and the poor (and between the rich themselves). The U.S. really doesn't have this currency valuation issue all that together. Here, NYT reports "Currency Rift … [Read more...] about The current global imbalance, a fight between rich and poor
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo and what it means to the Chinese
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has just been awarded to Liu Xiabo, and according to the Nobel committee, the key reason was "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China". Of course, the Western media is using this occasion to lambaste the Chinese government. They are parroting the anti-China positions from all the die-hard "human rights" activists … [Read more...] about The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo and what it means to the Chinese
the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
The 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), a bi-annual event (the previous was in Beijing in 2008), just took place on October 4th and 5th in Brussels, Belgium. It was a big deal. Asia and Europe represent 60% of humanity and 60% of global trade. I like how ASEM state their mission. Below is part of it: … [Read more...] about the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao interview by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria ignored by English ‘China’ blogs
Fareed Zakaria of CNN's GPS recently interviewed Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. It's a great interview, and I am glad to learn that CNN agreed to not make commentary on what Premier Wen said. In exchange, CNN was given permission to ask whatever they wanted. Zakaria acknowledged "it was one of the most open and frank discussion he has ever seen with a Chinese leader." Here … [Read more...] about Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao interview by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria ignored by English ‘China’ blogs