A Mainlander uses the Made in China dairy scandal to spoof arguments commonly made by the Chinese government, fenqing, and other blindingly patriotic Mainlanders. … [Read more...] about (Letter) Some Chinese Satire: Sanlu Incident Provoked by International Anti-Chinese Imperialist Reactionaries!
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Evolving a self-correcting mechanism for the Chinese society: Thoughts on the tainted milk crisis and other Chinese scandals
The problem of Chinese powdered and liquid milk producers lacing their products with industrial chemicals has left the Chinese public (especially the parents) in panic. The facts of this crisis have been well-documented. I have a few thoughts about its implications. … [Read more...] about Evolving a self-correcting mechanism for the Chinese society: Thoughts on the tainted milk crisis and other Chinese scandals
(Letter from sophie, Opposing Viewpoint) Imagining the current US election happens in China…
I have been following this year's US election. As an onlooker, there is some kind of entertaining element in my interest. But, at the same time, I am asking myself how it would be like if this election process was run in China, a country of 1.3 billion population. Since i don't know the US election process very well, I am asking simple questions here: how feasible is democracy … [Read more...] about (Letter from sophie, Opposing Viewpoint) Imagining the current US election happens in China…
(Letter) East is East and West is West… will they ever meet? (a famous poem)
Here's a bit from a famous poem by a famous colonial-era British author. I'll put the original and then an updated version, since his English is old and a little hard to understand. It's from "The Ballad of East and West," by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). … [Read more...] about (Letter) East is East and West is West… will they ever meet? (a famous poem)
Pocketbook References for Tibet
Two of the most commented threads over the last week relate to Tibet. Even a neutral posting on the administration of the website has also somehow "devolved" into a debate over Tibet. … [Read more...] about Pocketbook References for Tibet