Google still thinks it can change China
Which is of course moronic. Google is going about this issue in completely the wrong way. Sure, it is entirely possible that they may have been hacked by the Chinese government, but what do you do about it (Is Google going to pull out of the US [...]
The letter says China's Central Television (CCTV) has turned its news and historical drama series into propaganda to brainwash its audience.
via BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China TV faces propaganda charge.
You can’t make this stuff up. CCTV is so rich in irony you couldn’t cut it with a knife. It always amazes me [...]
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Making sense of modern China
For some reason, I am able to muster some empathy for pretty much all of the parties involved in this situation. It is difficult to have so much to be proud of, a long and, for much of it, glorious history, and yet feel the [...]
I’ve been reading about the debacle that is the progression of the torch for the Chinese 2008 Olympic games.
Up until now, I’ve been fairly sympathetic to the protesters accosting the torch and it’s entourage. I mean, it is pretty common knowledge the sort of low brow methods China’s government uses to keep its population [...]
Economics focus | An old Chinese myth | Economist.com
This is for my Dad, who would like to think that China’s economic rise is significantly different from the history of the US economy.