Eternal Slavery
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Here’s another excellent presentation from Terence Shen on understanding the sometimes enigmatic Chinese psyche. There are two very significant points being raised here. The first one has to do with…
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Daliang Shan 大凉山
This is the famous Daliang Shan 大凉山 in Sichuan Province. The villagers who live at Xuanya (cliff) Village belong to the Yi minority 彝族 and are some of the poorest…
The Great Zhengzhou Flood
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China Survival Tip
This couple was confronted by officials who were there to inform them that their house had to be demolished (ostensibly to make way for new mega projects that flaunt wealth,…
Why The Bubble Never Pops
House prices in China keep rising and many people enamoured with China believe that they will continue to rise and somehow never burst because of the “5,000 years of greatness”…
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…
李代桃僵
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,…
Patriots Smashed?
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…
Don’t Waste Food – give it all to me
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.…
Conscience vs Fear
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…