I thought the following exchanges from Black Phoenix and United Chinese Diaspora in a recent thread were very insightful and thought would put that as a post. Is guanxi really an exotic leftover from an old decadent tradition - as many people, including I, blindingly believed? Or is it ever-present among us ... in "modernity"? … [Read more...] about Chinese Guanxi
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What is a Holocaust?
Earlier today, I stumbled upon a curious article in the Washington Post titled "This is why Germany doesn't want China anywhere near Berlin’s holocaust memorial". According to the article, President Xi was (in short) barred from visiting German's Holocaust memorial in Berlin because Germany was worried about embarrassing Japan. Here is a copy of the article in … [Read more...] about What is a Holocaust?
The Cultural Revolution and Free Speech
PBS's Frontline recently aired a documentary of behind the North Korea scene. Among all of the images of the expected misery, poverty, hunger, want, there was 1 segment which I thought was greatly overlooked. A quick exchange between a few North Koreans behind closed … [Read more...] about The Cultural Revolution and Free Speech
Avoiding the Dirty Business of Justice and Politics is Not a Good Solution
Politics and Law is the business of Justice. And the Business of Justice, law and politics, is a very dirty business. Periodically, whenever I feel safe and secure in the knowledge of my place in the world and in my profession as a lawyer practicing somewhat boring law fields, I go visit a court or a jail for a field trip. If you have never done it, in whatever country you … [Read more...] about Avoiding the Dirty Business of Justice and Politics is Not a Good Solution
Rich Texas teen kills 4, injures 2, gets away with slap on wrist
I wanted to follow up on YinYang's previous post about racial privilege by providing an example of another form of privilege in the US justice system - class privilege. I posted this story (reported through a different source) under the comments section in his post. But since more details have surfaced, I wanted to highlight this story in its own post because it reinforces … [Read more...] about Rich Texas teen kills 4, injures 2, gets away with slap on wrist