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China: Beware Subversive Western Ideas 21 Aug 2013 | 04:17 am
The CCP is in trouble. Unless it can stamp out seven dangerous Western-inspired trends that are already infecting the country the party’s power might be negated and the country thrown into chaos. This...
China: Boom or Bust? 19 Aug 2013 | 04:07 am
In recent weeks we’ve seen a flurry of articles about China’s slowdown and whether the country has the ability to keep social order intact as things slow down. I am not an economist, but I’ve followed...
Off to San Francisco 2 Aug 2013 | 08:19 am
Back middle of next week, use this as a thread if you’d like.
New blog 1 Aug 2013 | 10:15 pm
I know, I just wrote that I’m culling my blogroll, but now I want to take a second to introduce a new blog I’ve been enjoying, My China Kanfa. Please check it out. It’s intelligent, perceptive, and it...
Living in China: the Hammer Drill 31 Jul 2013 | 01:54 am
I am almost certain that everyone who has lived in China has experienced the machine-gun staccato of the hammer drill being used to renovate an apartment in your building. It starts at the crack of da...
My blogroll and the slow asphyxiation of China-related blogs 31 Jul 2013 | 01:39 am
I wanted to note that I’ve culled nearly half of my blogroll under the category, “Pearls of the Orient.” All the blogs I deleted had failed to update for some months and are depressing reminders of ju...
Global Times takes us behind the Great Firewall 30 Jul 2013 | 10:48 pm
This is interesting. I’ve often expressed surprise that the Global Times can go as far as they do in pushing the envelope and covering stories that seem clearly to cross the typical red lines the gove...
Photos of the effects of the Three Gorges Dam 23 Jul 2013 | 05:25 am
“Thousands of tons of garbage are seasonally washed down into the Yangtze River by torrential rain and flooding to create vast floating islands of garbage and debris.” I wrote back in 2004 that the d...
It’s just a few fingers 16 Jul 2013 | 06:57 am
Bad things happen and are done in all societies. But this sounds uniquely Chinese. I realize that to some pointing out such monstrosities is equivalent to “China bashing,” but I take strong issue with...
China’s celebration of humiliation 14 Jul 2013 | 07:33 am
An interesting article by Orville Schell and John Delury looks at China’s obsession with its past humiliations, noting that their equivalent of the US’ Fourth of July is China’s defeat in the first Op...
