The following article is sourced from the 龙信明 Blog. Ai Weiwei - "China's Conscience" And Another Dissident Bites the Dust The Western media are once again having a field day about the detention of yet another "dissident", this time the artist Ai Weiwei. … [Read more...] about 龙信明 Blog: “Ai Weiwei – ‘China’s Conscience’ And Another Dissident Bites the Dust”
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On “Civil Disobedience” and commonality between Mohatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
What's common between Mohatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr? Henry David Thoreau. That's because Gandhi's successful non-violent struggle for Indian independence from the British and King's successful non-violent civil rights struggle to free African Americans were deeply influenced by Thoreau, especially his essay, "Civil Disobedience." (How does this relate to China? … [Read more...] about On “Civil Disobedience” and commonality between Mohatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.