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The Tragicomedy of Errors: China, British Imperialism, and the Opium Wars 29 Jul 2012 | 04:20 am
Great Britain has many reasons to feel great about itself. Its empire was the largest in history and covered over a fifth of the world's population. It had more Asian and African colonies than any...
Quote of the day: Mapping a lie 8 Jul 2012 | 02:10 am
Were you using the wrong maps again? - Ma Xiaotian, deputy head, PLA General Staff The US bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade remains a stark reminder to one of the many ways in which US offe...
Quote of the Day: Censorship Affects People's Livelihoods 14 Apr 2012 | 05:59 pm
Big Think | The Long Arm of China's Internet Police: “So much of the censorship relates to things that have a real impact on people’s livelihoods. The societal and human cost of censorship is hea...
Quote of the Day: Fighting Corruption = Sowing "fear in the city" 14 Apr 2012 | 05:50 pm
The New York Times | Briton’s Wanderings Led Him to Heart of a Chinese Scandal: (Bo Xilai's) handpicked police chief, Wang Lijun, who sowed fear in the city with an unshackled crackdown on organized ...
Quote of the Day: Fighting Corruption = Sowing "fear in the city" 14 Apr 2012 | 01:50 pm
The New York Times: Briton’s Wanderings Led Him to Heart of a Chinese Scandal: (Bo Xilai's) handpicked police chief, Wang Lijun, who sowed fear in the city with an unshackled crackdown on organized c...
The Economist and the South China Sea: It is "complex" if I can't understand it 3 Feb 2012 | 09:02 pm
The Economist is often held prisoner by its own prejudice arising from its whatever-China-does-internationally-is-wrong stance, and a recent article on the South China Sea disputes proves it. Behold t...
Five reasons why China will not invade Taiwan, and an analysis of Cross-strait Relations 25 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
‘So solidly built into our consciousness is the concept that China is conducting a rapacious and belligerent foreign policy, that whenever a dispute arises in which China is involved, she is instantly...
The Soccer Mocker: The Economist gets a kick out of ridiculing Chinese football 17 Dec 2011 | 09:27 pm
As I discussed in my previous post, The Economist has published two special articles about China as part of its special Christmas-holiday double issue. I discussed the first of the two in my last post...
The Economist and China's Soft Power: Et tu, Sun Tzu? 17 Dec 2011 | 08:57 pm
A pathetic attempt to discredit Sun Tzu as an instrument of Chinese Soft Power As part of its Christmas-holiday double issue, The Economist has published two articles about China: one about its Soft ...
India v/s China: We've got Facebook! What've you got? 1 Dec 2011 | 10:00 pm
An interesting analysis in TIME magazine, to the extent that it tries to be an analysis: The ChIndian Century And don't forget to check out these two accompanying arguments, one for India and on...
