李代桃僵
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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…
The People’s Republic Of Amnesia – Who Else Remembers Tiananmen?
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…
Lying Flat In China’s Pressure Cooker Society
A young Chinese netizen posted the following on social media: “I’ve not been working for 2 years; just bumming around. My conscience is clear. Stress comes mainly from the people…
The Long Arm Of The Law
Two public security officers recorded their “last words” and hope the world will know why they had disappeared or gotten killed in a perfect “accident”. One was a whistle-blower who…
Warrior Monks & Nurses
Conflicts between China and Japan go back a long way. The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was caused by a conflict over the control of…
What Makes One Chinese?
What makes one Chinese? Does one have to obsessed with money or support everything that is done by the Chinese government? Certainly not. So what defines you as Chinese? Confucian,…
The Real Confucius
As a child, stories from the Three Kingdoms greatly appealed to me. I was very fond of reading about heroes in battle, military tacticians outwitting one another and not least,…