If there are things impressed upon modern Western Liberal Democracy, there are 2 arguably essential things claimed: Free speech and Rule of Law. Indeed, "free media" in the West touts these 2 things often enough, and the Courts of the West equally pay tribute to these 2 things often enough. Yet, underneath, the reality is a strange contradiction of these 2 things butting … [Read more...] about The Strange Non-Intuitive (but real) Contradiction: Free Speech vs. Truth, Rule of Mob vs. Rule of Law
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Freedom of Speech or Benefitting from China yet privately attacking China?
Recently there is some controversy of Xi's promotion of Maoist's old Ye'nan spirit, not only attacking the corruption, but worries of the return of leftist policies of "Cultural Revolution". Of course corruption cannot be isolated from economic, political, and cultural norms in society, and some should worry it might spread beyond the tigers and fliers to them. The recent … [Read more...] about Freedom of Speech or Benefitting from China yet privately attacking China?
On Meritocracy, some recent observations
Some of us have heard much ado in the news about the sexual discrimination lawsuit of Ellen K. Pao recently, (which she lost). http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/2/8328115/ellen-pao-kleiner-perkins-venture-capital-verdict It got me into some discussions with some friends about discrimination, particularly in employment, which led to some interesting questions: What is … [Read more...] about On Meritocracy, some recent observations
Eric X. Li Interviews Francis Fukuyama on Political Systems, Political Legitimacy, Political Renewal and Decays
Eric X. Li recently interviewed Francis Fukuyama on Political Systems, Political Legitimacy, Political Renewal and Decays for his Guancha views. The interview (about 53 minutes) is carried out in English with Chinese subtitles. A link to the video on youtube can be found here. A link to the video on tudou can be found here. A transcript of the interview on gunacha in … [Read more...] about Eric X. Li Interviews Francis Fukuyama on Political Systems, Political Legitimacy, Political Renewal and Decays
Revisiting an Oldie on Racism
In 2012, YinYang on HH made this post, https://hiddenharmonies.org/2012/01/12/responding-to-china-law-blog-chinese-students-in-america-its-bad-out-there/ about a Blog article on China Law Blog by Dan Harris, http://www.chinalawblog.com/2012/01/chinese_students_in_america_why_do_they_even_bother.html. both generated a lot of controversy. Unsettled, it seems. Ah, but we … [Read more...] about Revisiting an Oldie on Racism