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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 going forward. I was chatting with a friend and we both could remember [...]

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 in a country increasingly fearful for its environmental health.
According to the Xinhua news agency, villagers tore down [...]

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 shuts down all independent media, seizes all evidence about what really happened, and [...]

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 further believe that Uighurs can live in peace and prosperity without one. Han [...]

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 from the standpoint of geo-politics and from my own perspective in Shanghai.

As has been [...]

Wrapping Up a Moment in Time, For Now

Well, its already the 8th of June and no rains yet; the hail I mentioned the other day was part of a storm that hit Anhui and thereabouts on the 3rd. Last night I was hanging outside (which seemed novel to me, I have been a bit busy) and the weather was great. I [...]

The Night is Long, and Cold as Ice

Are we there yet? Oh. I see.

It has been a sober (metaphorically) time for many, I believe, although as we know, most of those around us have no idea what is going on. And I wonder whether it is even important to tell anyone.

If the system fails to take every [...]