China is often regarded as a nation without Freedom of Speech - or at least a nation that disrespects Freedom of Speech, or a nation with serious infractions of Freedom of Speech. I have often argued that such disparaging conclusions rarely turn out to based on Freedom itself, but a disrespect of China's social, historical, and political contexts and current interests. I will … [Read more...] about Freedom of Speech: Case Study on That Medieval, Backward, Senseless French Law Against Insulting the French President
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How CNN uses disaster to propagandize against a government
(最近，一些中国朋友对这篇文章表示兴趣。我简单解释。两年前，中国温州有高铁遇意外。最近，西班牙的高铁也有意外。右边的CNN报告是关于中国的意外。左边是报西班牙的。这两篇文章非常清楚。CNN关于中国文章的目的是骂中国。不像西班牙的报告, 唯一关于意外。这是他们的宣传技巧。这是西方媒体的宣传技巧。他们不希望中国高铁进入他们的市场。中国人，行业，社会，政府都需要被他们骂的臭臭的。) Western propaganda has become an art-form, and for the unsuspecting audience, it is invisible. If you decide to be critical though, you will immediately see how thinly-veiled the … [Read more...] about How CNN uses disaster to propagandize against a government
[Unit] 61398, The New Number of The Beast
Earlier Black Phoenix wrote about the problem with Mandiant attributing the Comment Crew hacking to the Chinese military. The recent media frenzy around yet another "China hacking" story focused on a supposedly shadowy PLA military unit in Shanghai, Unit 61398, as the "state actor" behind the cyber attacks. Their primary source, Mandiant APT1 report, even cited the address of … [Read more...] about [Unit] 61398, The New Number of The Beast
US Grounds Boeing 787, The Anatomy of a 20 Year Denial, and a Bubble of Self-Confidence
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323301104578257862879948292.html An almost sad tribute to Boeing's 787 above, attributes the recent Infernal Batteries problem of two 787 a week apart from each other, both while in normal operations, to the growing pain of "innovation". Except, this was not "innovation". Using such batteries in airplanes perhaps, but the … [Read more...] about US Grounds Boeing 787, The Anatomy of a 20 Year Denial, and a Bubble of Self-Confidence
A Response to a Japan Scholar’s Response: War Loot is Ours to Keep
In a recent comment, one of our readers pointed out: http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/the-diaoyusenkaku-islands-a-japanese-scholar-responds/ I thought this is a funny read of a Japanese ‘scholar’ thinks that why ‘Senkaku’ islands belongs to Japan. I don't think the conclusion is "funny" at all. I think it's "serious." Below is a very quick response (sorry, … [Read more...] about A Response to a Japan Scholar’s Response: War Loot is Ours to Keep