By now, the Cyprus government is still haggling with EU (and its banks) over how to save Cyprus economy, without anyone paying for it. But just a few days ago, they almost managed to get away with a "deal" to pay for it by "taxing" 10% of all bank accounts in Cyprus. This didn't have much of a shock value in the West, except for perhaps in Cyprus, where the populous … [Read more...] about Losing The Last Accountability in the “Do-Over” Democracies, The Buck Doesn’t Stop.
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CIA’s role in anti-Chinese genocide
The ethnic Chinese in Indonesia has faced many decades of racism and sometimes pogroms from Indonesians envious and suspicious of the Chinese. What is lesser known is that the US and especially the CIA played a cunning, covert role in spreading the defamatory lies and colluded with the racist Islamic government of Indonesia inciting the racial violence and ethnic cleansing … [Read more...] about CIA’s role in anti-Chinese genocide
China Railways Safety Record: A Comparative Study
Summary Railways are the safest means of transportation among all methods in this study. Railway safety-wise, China and France are about twice as safe as Japan and Germany. You are about 2.2 times as likely to die in an American airplane as in a Chinese rail car, traveling the same distance. You are about 200 times as likely to die in a vehicle on an American highway … [Read more...] about China Railways Safety Record: A Comparative Study
How the NYT encourages dehumanization of the Han
One of the best methods used by colonists, genociders, and other racist oppressors is to use testimony from certain members of the victim group as evidence of the victim group's subhuman nature. We are told that this member of that group agrees with the oppresser's narrative of the inferiority of the victim group. White slave masters loved to show-off their House Negroes who … [Read more...] about How the NYT encourages dehumanization of the Han
My impressions of China so far
I have now been living in China for almost 4 month and I'd like to write a little about my impressions so far from personal experience and in talking to the people. As you all know by now, my views on things like the rule of law, human rights and democracy may be quite different from some of yours (see the posts and comments here, here, here, here, here and here for example). … [Read more...] about My impressions of China so far