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Semi-neutral commentary on China's politics, economics, society, culture, current events, and all things good, bad, and stupid.

The Kiss of Deaf
“While kissing is normally very safe, doctors advise people to proceed with caution,” wrote the China Daily.
I agree. Not only can kissing lead to loss of hearing, there’s also the threat of transfering mouth diseases, finding out that the other person had stinky tofu for lunch, or even real death if you’re [...]
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If I Were Ultraman
That last bit about Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, and Jiang Dengtao’s Four Modernizing Represents of Scientific Outlook on Harmonious Grain Growing as High as One Wills It seemed a little forced, but the rest of it was pretty good. Saving the world is a good thing. Even if it were to come [...]
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I’ve been off-topic since the Olympics ended, so I guess it’s time to bring China back into this blog. But what should I write about? There’s just so much!
The Financial Crisis and China’s Bailout Plan
I’m not a big fan of the government jumping in and ’spending’ a country out of a recession. I mean the [...]
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First I lost faith in Marx. Now I’m losing faith in Keynes. Marshall, Humes, Mill, Smith and all them classical folk that I used to dislike are turning me towards the dark side. I had no idea those guys were so subversive.
I’m politically liberal so I was always big into the government intervening. When I [...]
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Yay, it’s all over. Obama won and there’s a bunch of liberals in the house and senate. In California, gays get to have wonderful lives before getting eaten and farm animals cannot get married.
And I get to play Fallout 3 without interruptions from the outside world.
Human rights are non-existent. They are all human privileges that [...]
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So a lot of people have been saying that the economic crisis has helped Obama while foreign policy is McCain’s strength. For me personally, it’s kind of the opposite.
First let me say that I have already voted absentee for Obama for reasons I mentioned in a post a few days/weeks ago.
I dislike McCain mostly for [...]
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With Our Powers Combined!
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have signed a global code of conduct promising to offer better protection for online free speech and against official intrusion.
The Global Network Initiative follows criticism that companies were assisting governments in countries like China to censor the Internet.
The guidelines seek to limit what data should [...]
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