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It's more than a week since the close of 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress. It's obvious big news in China, with commentators explaining and expounding its significance and vision for the future. With the release of many documentaries before the opening showing the achievements during the past 5 years. (Those who are interested can easily access them from YouTube.) For … [Read more...] about 19th Party Congress- View from U.S.

Mainstream media were already conforming to America's censorship towards any 'unfriendly' messages against them.  Perhaps the last known frontier towards free speech is the internet and it is going down also.  Recently representatives from Twitter, Google, and Facebook are called to Capital Hill because of 'Russian … [Read more...] about War against Twitter, Facebook and Google: End of Free speech?

The 6 episodes of "Amazing China" are now available on YouTube. I haven't visited China for 2 years now, yet the speed of transition described in this video series caught me by total surprise. I do hope CGTN will translated it to different languages and broadcast them. It probably will cost a lot less than those short video montages shown in Times Square and much more … [Read more...] about 《辉煌中国》–Amazing China

During the 2008 financial crisis, it is well known that nobody went to jail because of it.  However, it is relatively unknown that only one bank did get charged for mortgage fraud.  Abacus Federal Savings Bank is a relatively small bank which has 6 branches in NY, PA and NJ, has uncovered improper behavior of one employee and was subsequently fired and reported the proper … [Read more...] about Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Pete Seeger wrote that song in 1963 about a training accident during WW 2, and obviously referring to the then developing Vietnam War. Incidentally I think he should have received the Nobel Prize for Literature that went to Bob Dylan 1 year later instead after he died. The reason this song triggered in my memory is the recent policy shift/continuation of Trump administration on … [Read more...] about Waist Deep in the Big Muddy