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I came across this bit of legal news: Japan enshrined, in the infamous " Yasukuni war shrine" for the War Dead, the names of Koreans who were forced to serve in the Japanese military.  AND, it included the name of at least 1 Korean who is still ALIVE!  AND, the Japanese High Court just dismissed an appeal from the relatives and the 1 living Korean to have their names removed … [Read more...] about A Bizarre Length of Japanese Judicial Logic Stretched For/By Nationalism

The disclosures from Snowden just won't stop, and they get worse and worse as new ones come … [Read more...] about When the Gimmick Could be Worse Than the Rumor, Imagine the Worst For the Truth.

I'm generally pretty tolerant of gaffes from all groups of people.  Most people tend to have moments when they didn't think about what they were saying. But I do take notice of gaffes, because it usually lets loose people's deep biases that they don't normally display. So the latest media gaffe in US that caught my attention, was when a kid made a suggestion to "kill … [Read more...] about Speaking of Nationalistic Mouthpiece Media, What Are They Teaching Kids in US?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/world/asia/beijing-restricts-coverage-after-car-explodes-at-forbidden-city.html?_r=0 As for purpose, terrorism, like politics, is all about symbolism. As symbolism goes, I can be shocked by the attacks of planes used as flying bombs ramming into skyscrapers, but I can also understand the logic of its symbolism.  If you are a desperate … [Read more...] about Suspected Terrorist Attack At Tiananmen Square, They Hate China For (Insert Your Own Bias).

Recently, wading knee deep into the piles of Expat China Blog articles with typical anti-China titles, I came across this rather ridiculous one: http://foarp.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-insanity-at-heart-of-chinese.html, regarding a "insane plan for conquering most of Asia published as an editorial in the Chinese Communist Party's Hong Kong-based media outlet Wen Wei Po". It … [Read more...] about A Typical Rumor/Lie From An Usual Expat Suspect Blog