Since the Western media have caught a "revolution" fever, it is interesting to see Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung countering on Russia Today with the imminent collapse of the "U.S. empire" by 2020 (he previously estimated 2025, but shaved the date off by 5 years after George Bush took office). Democracy Now dubs him the "founder of peace studies" and had this interview … [Read more...] about “In 2020 the U.S. empire will come crumbling down”
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China’s determined and long march towards rule of law
With Tunisia and Egypt in revolution, the Western media seem to be hypnotized with this notion that the only way Chinese society can improve is the citizens themselves fermenting a 'jasmine revolution' and overthrow the government. Note that they don't actually say it, but their narratives are frequently with this a presumption. (See my prior post.) We retard our views if we … [Read more...] about China’s determined and long march towards rule of law
U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman caught on video teased by Chinese at “Jasmine Revolution” rally at Wangfujing
As you all already know, there were calls on Twitter few days ago asking Chinese citizens to protest and overthrow their government. (raventhorn2000 weighed in few posts ago.) One of the rallying locations was a McDonalds at Wangfujing in Beijing. The video below was taken by a Chinese citizen catching U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman at the scene. It's pretty hilarious … [Read more...] about U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman caught on video teased by Chinese at “Jasmine Revolution” rally at Wangfujing
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks Internet ‘freedom’
A lot has already been written in the Western media about the yesterday U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speech on Internet 'freedom.' In her speech, Clinton singled out China for being "repressive" on the Internet, and for that reason, the predictable narrative is out yet again: U.S. vs. 'bad' China, 'bad' China, or U.S. being too harsh to, still, a 'bad' China. This … [Read more...] about U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks Internet ‘freedom’
China Hacking, Poison and Piracy
Here is another story about hackers from China. Allegedly some organization have tracked yet another hacking that originated from some computer from China. Red alert - we are under attack from China! I found it interesting that we never hear from hackers from U.S., Britain, Germany characterized as that. We are more specific than that. Bad hackers are individual bad … [Read more...] about China Hacking, Poison and Piracy