There used to be hope for China. Or at least the appearance of hope. Hope that things were getting better, though what getting better actually meant had everything to do with how bad it used to be in the earlier stages of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Dynasty: the Great Leap Forward, the politically-inspired [...]
Entries from March 2011
Next Stop: Oblivion
March 30th, 2011 · 16 Comments
Tags: Beijing
Saving Private Obama
March 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments
In the wake of State Department spokesman P. J Crowley’s forced resignation an opinion piece in yesterday’s Washington Post (Pfc. Bradley Manning doesn’t deserve humiliating treatment) reinforces Crowley’s comments that Mr. Manning’s treatment is “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.” Crowley’s comment riled the White House, and President Obama was forced to uncomfortably address the Manning [...]
Revolution With Fries
March 1st, 2011 · 4 Comments
In July 2006 a rumor started on the Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau that the Dalai Lama, the revered spiritual leader of Tibetans, would appear at Kumbum Monastery, one of the Gelukpa holy sites in Qinghai province, a mere 40 minutes from Xining. The rumor had it that the news had spread via text messages through the Tibetan [...]