[Editor's note: the English version of post was first posted on Huffington Post and can be found here; and the Chinese version can be found on Guancha.cn here] SHANGHAI -- A few weeks ago at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Shinzo Abe made a bold pitch to Asia to buy in on a new type of Japanese leadership. According to Mr. Abe, the peace that is at the foundation of … [Read more...] about Why Asia Should Say No to Mr. Abe’s Vision of International Law for Asia
Deconstructing Japan’s Claim of Sovereignty over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands
In addition to our post on “The Inconvenient Truth Behind the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands” by Han-Yi Shaw, the article "Deconstructing Japan’s Claim of Sovereignty over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands" by Ivy Lee and Fang Ming in Japan Focus is also worth reading. The Shaw article focuses more on the political history surrouding the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands while the Lee-Ming article … [Read more...] about Deconstructing Japan’s Claim of Sovereignty over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands
If China and the U.S.-led Hegemonic Block Ever Gets into a War, the War Started this Way … with a Lie…
The U.S. is know for lying about everything to start wars that destroy lives, peoples, nations... (see e.g. the book titled "War is a Lie"). That has been clearly the case for Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Syria... perhaps also Sudan. But is the U.S. also sowing the seeds, planting the lies, to justify it going to war with China? With all my heart, I certainly hope not. But … [Read more...] about If China and the U.S.-led Hegemonic Block Ever Gets into a War, the War Started this Way … with a Lie…
Chinese Government Tightens Constraints on Press Freedom
Oh no ... the Chinese government is at it again. The New York Times is running on its front page today an article with the ominous title "Chinese Government Tightens Constraints on Press Freedom." Here is the full text of the article. HONG KONG — China introduced new restrictions on what the government has called “critical” news articles and barred Chinese journalists from … [Read more...] about Chinese Government Tightens Constraints on Press Freedom
Chinese Guanxi
I thought the following exchanges from Black Phoenix and United Chinese Diaspora in a recent thread were very insightful and thought would put that as a post. Is guanxi really an exotic leftover from an old decadent tradition - as many people, including I, blindingly believed? Or is it ever-present among us ... in "modernity"? … [Read more...] about Chinese Guanxi