I was going to write another case study on the intrinsic hypocrisy in the rhetoric of freedom - how "freedom" is uttered when useful, and completely ignored when not - using Google's recent "firing" of an employee who had written a memo that some deemed not politically correct as a basis of discussion. But then I found that Paul Craig Roberts already wrote a good post on it … [Read more...] about Case Study on Freedom of Speech: Google Walking the Talk?
China vs India
China has been giving warnings right and left on the oncoming border war with India, while India has been downplaying it and very much ignored by the West fixated on North Korea ICBM testing. The facts are obvious to those interested in them. The Tibet border with Sikkim was set in 19th century and undisputed. India annexed Sikkim and very much like to annex Bhutan next. The … [Read more...] about China vs India
Snowden vs Human Rights Lawyer
Recently I saw Oliver Stone's film on Snowden from Showtime and read NYT magazine article on Chinese human rights lawyers and feel the need to discuss both here. Mr. Snowden and the lawyer Liang Xiaojun and his client Xie Yanyi are in both cases dissidents. Yet their stories are so different and revealing. I suspect Chinese propaganda department could learn something from both … [Read more...] about Snowden vs Human Rights Lawyer
Fair Trade Links
When Trump was voted president last year, I was hopeful that the door for next level of U.S. China cooperation will be opened. I am still hopeful, but when things like this happen, it makes me realize just how hard change can be. The U.S. and China share many differences that should be smoothed out. Here, I am not talking about garbage talks about "human rights" or … [Read more...] about Fair Trade Links
Liu Xiaobo: RIP. But we should never forget the 14 million yuan from the National Endowment for Democracy!
1. Grants in US$ from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a US government entity, to «Minzhu Zhongguo» or «Democratic China, Inc.», where Liu Xiaobo was the founder: 2005: $136,000; http://www.ned.org/region/asia/china-2005/ 2006: $136,000; http://www.ned.org/region/asia/china-2006/ 2007: $145,000; http://www.ned.org/region/asia/china-2007/ 2008: $150,000; … [Read more...] about Liu Xiaobo: RIP. But we should never forget the 14 million yuan from the National Endowment for Democracy!