釜底抽薪/打草惊蛇
Former POTUS Bill Clinton is still popular and highly regarded, not just in America, but around the world. Various colleges and universities have awarded “Clinton honorary degrees”, including Doctorate of…
36 Dirty Tricks From Ancient China
understanding China through history and legends by Singaporean writer Chan Joon Yee
Former POTUS Bill Clinton is still popular and highly regarded, not just in America, but around the world. Various colleges and universities have awarded “Clinton honorary degrees”, including Doctorate of…
李代桃僵 means to sacrifice a relatively less important person or item and allow the more important item to escape when both are threatened. Hu Xijin is a Chinese political propagandist,…
These days, many netizens in mainland China are are using various apps and VPN to get onto the real internet. We have Comrade Shi Bingfeng and his 烂尾楼。Many other Chinese…
Remembrance of hungry times or having experienced the Great Famine are just excuses. When it’s summer, memories of a particularly cold winter will not make you put on more clothes.…
On state-controlled media in China and defiant journalists and editors during the 1989 failed revolution. This is an interview with Cheng Kai, former editor-in-chief of Hainan Daily. Mr Cheng presided…
In memory of Tiananmen 1989. “Memory is dangerous in a country that was built to function on national amnesia. A single act of public remembrance might expose the frailty of…