A short commentary of commentary this time. A little while back, a few Expat "tossed the room" before they packed up and left China, by explaining in detail their "reasons" for leaving. (With nothing but their own confessed reasons, perceptions, etc.) We didn't bother to question them much about those reasons. Hey, who are we to question their motives? It's their … [Read more...] about Before “Why Leaving China,” Why They Went To China.
CNN and Financial Times spin news of China topping U.S. in importing oil as shake up to geopolitics of natural resources
CNN recently repeated an article from Financial Times on the news China has temporarily overtaken the United States as the world's largest net oil importer. In spinning this news, their narrative went as follows: "China has overtaken the US as the world's largest net importer of oil, in a generational shift that will shake up the geopolitics of natural resources." First of … [Read more...] about CNN and Financial Times spin news of China topping U.S. in importing oil as shake up to geopolitics of natural resources
A powerful infographic of America’s inequality perception gap
Back in October 4, 2011, I predicted the Occupy Wall Street movement would fizzle, simply because the U.S. corporate media were not behind it. pug_ster argued Obama's first term supporters were starting to become disillusioned, "Just today the Unions, Moveon.org and many other left groups whom have supported Obama in the past are joining this protest." While true, I still … [Read more...] about A powerful infographic of America’s inequality perception gap
Truth Bent, Credibility Broken – a scathing review of Ping Fu’s book & her actions
The following is a re-posted review (find the original on Amazon.com) of the book "Bend, not Break" by Ping Fu. For those who don't know the context, this book is an "autobiography" detailing the horrors Ping Fu supposedly faced during the Cultural Revolution (a summary of her side of the story is on Wikipedia). When Chinese netizens started to investigate and voice skepticism … [Read more...] about Truth Bent, Credibility Broken – a scathing review of Ping Fu’s book & her actions
[Unit] 61398, The New Number of The Beast
Earlier Black Phoenix wrote about the problem with Mandiant attributing the Comment Crew hacking to the Chinese military. The recent media frenzy around yet another "China hacking" story focused on a supposedly shadowy PLA military unit in Shanghai, Unit 61398, as the "state actor" behind the cyber attacks. Their primary source, Mandiant APT1 report, even cited the address of … [Read more...] about [Unit] 61398, The New Number of The Beast