As America enters this weekend of Thanksgiving celebration, North Korea's recent shelling of Yeonpyeong Island (currently held by South Korea) will be widely discussed among family and friends. Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday to commemorate help the Massachusetts based Wampanoag Native Americans in the 1600's provided to the newly arrived European pilgrims to cultivate the land … [Read more...] about America enters Thanksgiving with trumpet for war over North Korea
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A point by point rebuttal to the 2010 USCC Annual Report
In my prior post, "The 2010 USCC Annual Report is ‘truthless, prejudicial’," I ranted about the 2010 USCC Annual Report and reiterated Chinese Foreign Ministry call that the report was "truthless" and "prejudicial." Some of you expressed privately that I should address the report seriously, especially, as this is an "official" position taken by a branch of the U.S. … [Read more...] about A point by point rebuttal to the 2010 USCC Annual Report
The 2010 USCC Annual Report is ‘truthless, prejudicial’
Recently, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) released their "2010 Annual Report" (complete in PDF) to the U.S. Congress, criticizing China over many issues. The USCC's purpose is as follows: To monitor, investigate, and submit to congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between … [Read more...] about The 2010 USCC Annual Report is ‘truthless, prejudicial’
Software Piracy down by 13%, but how CCTV News reported it just sucked
CCTV is usually excellent. They have really good English language programming too. Occasionally I will run across programs or segments that make me want to cringe, like someone had just scratched his nails on a black board. In this segment, they are reporting 45% of software installed in all computers in China are pirated, and the trend over the last few years have been … [Read more...] about Software Piracy down by 13%, but how CCTV News reported it just sucked
Africa, China, and the Western Media’s Smearing Campaign
I came across two writers today - by accident, really. On one hand is Zhang Hongwei, who labels himself an "international issue observer." He writes in China Daily, "China not neocolonialist." Zhang is annoyed at Western propaganda painting China a "neo-colonialist" in Africa. Never-mind slavery. Look at De Beers or BP or any other Western entities still exploiting the … [Read more...] about Africa, China, and the Western Media’s Smearing Campaign