I came across this article on the Vineyard of the Saker blog, which I think is worth reading (both the article and the blog in general). I don't know what fellow Hidden Harmonies bloggers think of other works by Jeff Brown (especially those related to China), but his description of information control methods in the West seems to be pretty spot on. By the way, my fellow … [Read more...] about Behind the Great Western Firewall Is the Ugly Truth
Chinese media
(Letter) The Chinese essay BBC was dared to publish (contrasting argumentation styles)
A Mr. Li sent this essay to the BBC and dared them to publish it. They did. Much thanks to EastSouthWestNorth for providing this English translation (See their post for additional translated reader comments.) … [Read more...] about (Letter) The Chinese essay BBC was dared to publish (contrasting argumentation styles)
The value of public opinion does not depend on its correctness per se
Note: This post is a translation of an article written by Deng Wangjing 邓王景 and published on China Youth Online 中青在线 on July 31, 2008. It is a response to an essay "public opinion is not always correct" written by Chen Jibing 陈季冰 on the same site two days earlier. In turn, Chen's essay, which is already translated by ESWN, seems to be a response to some even earlier articles. … [Read more...] about The value of public opinion does not depend on its correctness per se