I spent over nine-years at UCLA and am (no surprise here) an avid alum supporter of the institution. Recently, I got wind that the Dalai Lama will be at UCLA next week. A big part of the visit will be Dalai Lama's participating in the symposium "Buddhism and Neuroscience: A Discussion on Attention, Mental Flexibility and Compassion," with faculty and staff from UCLA's Semel … [Read more...] about Dalai Lama at UCLA
Letters
Yan and Sautman: “Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for?”
Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for? Barry Sautman Associate Professor Division of Social Science Hong Kong University of Science Technology Yan Hairong Anthropologist Department of Applied Social Sciences Hong Kong Polytechnic University In recent weeks, Nobel prizewinner Liu Xiaobo's politics have been reduced to a story of a … [Read more...] about Yan and Sautman: “Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for?”
“Liu Xiaobo Deserves an Ig Nobel Peace Prize” – the latest reaction to buzz the West
"Liu Xiaobo Deserves an Ig Nobel Peace Prize" is a recent reaction from Barry Sautman (a political scientist and lawyer at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology) and Yan Hairong (an anthropologist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University) on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo. Roland Song's ESWN (東南西北) has also brought this to his readers attention. No … [Read more...] about “Liu Xiaobo Deserves an Ig Nobel Peace Prize” – the latest reaction to buzz the West
Open Letter to President Obama from Chinese netizen, LTML
Following is an open letter posted on the popular Chinese BBS forum, bbs.huanqiu.com, by a member named "LTML." The English version of it follows the Chinese in this post. It is addressed to U.S. President Obama on his decision to sell weapons to Taiwan. President Obama has repeatedly stressed that he wants to reach the people of China. Well, based on what we've read in … [Read more...] about Open Letter to President Obama from Chinese netizen, LTML
(Letter) New York Times' Google Hack "China Code" Revisited
Fellow reader Josef pointed out a NYT article that reported the recent Operation Aurora malware that attacked Google CN contained identifiable code from China, and it implicated the Chinese government. The journalist relied on a blog written by security expert Mr. Joe Stewart of SecureWorks. … [Read more...] about (Letter) New York Times' Google Hack "China Code" Revisited