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).
A Typical Rumor/Lie From An Usual Expat Suspect Blog
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
This is a joke (Chinese Malaysian style)
Yesterday I went to buy joss sticks and joss paper to pray for my ancestors. The towkay asked me if I wanted to buy paper iphone to burn for my ancestors. I said they know how to use or not? He said Steve Jobs already there, can teach them to use. I said ok loh. He asked want to buy casing? I also said ok. Next he asked me if I wanted Bluetooth? I said might as well … [Read more...] about This is a joke (Chinese Malaysian style)
Shadows of Censorship? Really???
Two weeks back, Russia Today broke a story with the title "China employs 2 million analysts to monitor web activity." From that, we get a plethora of dark articles about how bad the Chinese government is. For example, from the BBC, we get an article titled "China employs two million microblog monitors state media say": More than two million people in China are employed by … [Read more...] about Shadows of Censorship? Really???
Rethink the US Government “Shutdown” Like George Orwell, And the Normality of Propaganda
Orwell warned the World that when propaganda is truly successfully ingrained into society, people would not even realize propaganda for what it is. They would think it is normal and ordinary. When people read Orwell's "1984", it was clear from our own perspectives what propaganda was, in the "Newspeak" of the story. But we do not necessarily understand how such propaganda … [Read more...] about Rethink the US Government “Shutdown” Like George Orwell, And the Normality of Propaganda