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There are a lot of problems with the PCA's recent decisions on SCS. First, there is the jurisdiction issue, whether the PCA had the authority to decide this case, even though China rightfully opted out of arbitration.  It's an important question of consent to arbitration.  If China didn't consent to arbitration, it's PCA's overreach, which makes PCA a violator of the UNCLOS … [Read more...] about Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Re-Writes UNCLOS Into a Treaty That No One Agreed To, and the “you didn’t say no, so it wasn’t rape” argument of PCA

When Professor Zhang of Fudan University used the term of Arab Winter as counter to criticism of China in being not responsive as Arab Spring to liberal reforms, he was not being flippant, but simply stating a fact which West avoids. Similarly when a Chinese college student responded to a question on China by posting 2 pictures of Shanghai skyline from the early 90s and today … [Read more...] about Arab Winter

Growing up in the 60s with all the music from Beatles to Rock' n 'Rolls, I gravitate more to folk songs by Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. The song "Where have all the flowers gone" is always one of my favorites. Today with the younger generation or millennials questioning all the values, knocking all heroes from their pedestals, decry all politicians for their failure to be … [Read more...] about Where have all the Flowers/Heroes gone?

Extremely biased by Aljazeera English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F821Fe2_wBk If you get the message «The uploader has not made this video available to your country», try http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/headtohead/2015/01/transcript-dr-zhang-weiwei-150130115930963.html  ... «Interviewer»: Mehdi Hasan (born in the UK) «Guest»: Zhang Weiwei, professor of … [Read more...] about Extremely biased Aljazeera program