Category Archives: China

Everybody's got a hold on hope

This seems like a good time to step back from the day to day atrocities that is our world, during these dark days. These are going to be some tough times, and it doesn’t look good for the medium term … Continue reading

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Stop lying, mind your manners

Oh my: Hundreds of furious Chinese parents rampaged through a lead factory yesterday after the authorities blamed pollution from the plant for poisoning more than 600 children. The protest follows a week of denials and revelations that have grabbed headlines … Continue reading

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Grotesque and Arrogant II

From ESWN: Got competition? Just raze their street! [singlepic id=73 w=380 h=280 float=center] [Update: Note that what they are fighting over is the revenue stream from monopoly rents (that they are in the process of extracting, if the pic is … Continue reading

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Your Wise Men, they tell you lies

Drag days, these days, and so I thought of this particular line, somewhat tangentially. They do, indeed, tell us lies…everywhere. Its just more obvious in some places than in others. And within the whole mess there are those pushing and … Continue reading

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My thoughts are a gas

Can the Party, the solitary unit which has provided such high levels of stability (and development, it cannot be denied), police itself at the local level? Or will one local incident after another creating crisis continue to be the norm? … Continue reading

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Don't you ever look back, cause it just might catch you

The problem with disinformation, the reason why disinformation must be so disfavored, is that it is toxic in nature. Like a stain, disinformation disfigures and conceals, but also throws unexpected aspects into high relief. And like a stain, it is … Continue reading

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As We Go Up, We Go Down

The arrogance is just incredible. On the heels of China’s brutal crackdown in Xinjiang, it seems as if the Chinese government thinks it can control all information around the world. Should I not call it brutal? Well, when the CCP … Continue reading

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Empty Words

This is precisely what I was worried about, (well, one of my concerns), when I noted the unrest and subsequent crackdown in Xinjiang. I really don’t think anyone ever expects a Uighur homeland to exist as a nation, and I … Continue reading

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Failures of Law

I am just sick about the violence in Xinjiang. I don’t have any easily-digestible understanding to add to that, I am afraid. Or to be clearer, I have lots of contradictory feelings about what has been going on recently, both … Continue reading

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No One Is Safe

Rule of law clearly never existed here: [singlepic id=68 w=680 h=240 float=center] The charges they choose to use will certainly be as laughable as the statements high-level officials are making now, about the source of this disturbance. I just hope, … Continue reading

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