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指鹿为马 Most Sinophiles are rather shallow and ignorant people who are impressed by facades and “big talk” and can’t tell the difference between salmon 鲑鱼 and trout 鳟鱼 anyway. Besides,…
Slow & Steady
There are 3 mind poisons in Buddhism: greed, hatred, delusion. 躺平 is not a new phenomenon. This book remains one of my most valuable purchases in China. The author 罗敷…
Pathetic Kenny Bee
Veteran Cantopop singer Kenny Bee probably thought nothing of taking a picture with Malaysia’s singer/songwriter Namewee when he was performing in Genting Malaysia. When the photo was circulated Chinese social…
Delayed Retribution?
It has been happening for a long time. There have even been whistleblowing incidents in the past, but instead of punishing him, the whistle-blowers got punished instead. Why now? Shi…
Heroes, Insurgents, Outlaws
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…