Recently, in a period of comparing coverages of the Snowden saga in various blogs, I came across this frustrated admission from 1 of HH's previous comment participants: http://justrecently.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/the-china-related-blogosphere-a-deserted-playground/ "I’d happily participate in bridging the gap if this was still a sphere of blogs in the first place. But … [Read more...] about “English-language Chinese Blogs” are dead? Who’s Not Paying Attention.
Should China Consider Giving Snowden Asylum?
As Snowden considers asylum offers from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia, and perhaps mulls a second application to Russia (Putin had earlier said if Snowden wanted to apply asylum there, he'd have to stop releasing NSA leaks), should China Consider Giving Snowden Asylum? By the answers, I am hoping to gauge people's attitude toward Snowden. For me, I am neutral. I … [Read more...] about Should China Consider Giving Snowden Asylum?
Internet Freedom vs NSA Dragnet
Have you ever wondered how a map would look like if it showed Internet freedom versus the NSA dragnet recently revealed by Edward Snowden? Well, it would look like the following map. Click to have a look first and then come back to this post. … [Read more...] about Internet Freedom vs NSA Dragnet
Blundering Soft Power of West Demonstrates Its Own Shortcoming
In the recent run of the fad that is the "soft power" craze of the West, the narrative drown out (just a little while) what human beings really desired in the World. Yet, with the increasing blundering consequences /fallout from the Snowden disclosures and subsequent Western reactions, we are all shocked into a realization of what we have all forgotten in ourselves. That … [Read more...] about Blundering Soft Power of West Demonstrates Its Own Shortcoming
Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems (李世默:两种制度的传说)
Eric X. Li, whom both YinYang and I know personally, recently gave this TED presentation on the ideological worship of two political systems - communism ... and electoral democracies. As usual, I find Li's perspective insightful and interesting. It certainly takes guts to stand up and speak against the predominant religion in the world! Now I appreciate even more how Galileo … [Read more...] about Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems (李世默:两种制度的传说)