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The 捉汉奸 vigilantes that emerged in the wake of Japan’s surrender. Those who have roots in Malaya would have heard of them. Some people feared them more than they feared…
The downfall of Shaolin Abbot Shi Yong Xin
The downfall of Shi Yong Xin. No, I’m not a puritan and I don’t have a problem with successful businessmen having mistresses and illegitimate children, but they can’t be the…
Fugitives’ Heaven
It’s all about money and connections, not right or wrong. For centuries, Chinese people have accepted the rules of the game.
Unit 731
Do you know that most of the locations and documents of Unit 731 responsible for biochemical warfare research on Chinese subjects during WW2 were destroyed by the Chinese authorities after…
江油事件
Sinophiles should get this straight 江油事件 triggered mass protests in Sichuan because people are genuinely disgusted with bullying. It’s beginning to look a lot like HK 反送中。Both “movements” were/are completely…
The Fall of Shaolin’s Abbot
I remember saving up this 2015 Time Magazine article. That was also my year of awakening from the “China dream”. If I had saved the article electronically, it would have…
Human Trafficking In China
In China, about 200,000 children reportedly go missing each year. Most of them are abducted and trafficked for a lucrative sum of money to families. Many parents who lost their…
China Military Parade Spending
Suzhou University’s Prof Zhou Yong Kun asked a simple question on Weibo. How much was spent on the recent military parade? He was fired from his job and detained by…
Dirty Secrets Inside China’s Temples
Guan Tian Long is a former Chinese monk whistleblowing on temples in China. A former clothing retailer living a life of debauchery, he initially thought that the temples could give…
National Hero: Wu Jing 树上开花
In a country ruled by party dictatorship, the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party is dependent on faith in the party’s leadership. To achieve that, the party does something that…