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On this date in 1979, Vietnamese forces ousted Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, ending the Cambodian leader’s three-year grip on power.  From 1975 to 1979 between 1.5 and 3 million people died in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge reign of terror.  The Khmer Rouge government of Pol Pot enjoyed considerable economic, military, and political assistance [...]
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The Tuluotuo Blog published a linguistic analysis of the “Go China 2009″ (or zhongguo jia you, “2009, 中国加油!”) recital on December 30. While an encounter with the video can be scary, it is also a good piece of work in terms of rhythms and probably better than many so-called “new poems”, says the blogger - and while [...]

The internet can facilitate friendship and understanding between the nations of the world. Umm… realization, anyway.
The China Digital Times published the text and a translation of an act that is apparently taught to Chinese schoolchildren - probably a local initiative by some nice Chinese patriotic teachers and unlikely to be publicly endorsed by the CCP [...]

 « Part 1 of this epic is here «
2. A Guide to Yan’an
Hermit woke up. He opened his eyes, and without moving, he could see the Red Star over China shining from the entrance to the canyon, a slight breeze was rattling the tree tops, but besides, he was sure he had heard something else [...]

… inspired by Edgar Snow’s Red Star over China Gospel
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Prologue
“The Imperial Court announces with raging sorrow that her Imperial Highness, the horse-faced Dowager Empress aka Noble Consort Yi, has joined her Celestial Ancestors from the Middle Sea Hall of Graceful Bird today. Unreliable elements in our Sacred Kingdom are advised to keep their mouths shut and [...]

Dei love hotel giapponesi abbiamo sentito tutti parlare. Sono hotel affittabili, anche a ore, che permettono a coppie (eterosessuali) di avere una loro privacy. Solitamente le stanze sono affittabili per un’ora, tre ore oppure tutta la notte. 
Fin qui nulla di diverso da certi motel che possiamo trovare anche in Italia. 
In realtà esistono alcune sostanziali diversità: 
-i love hotel giapponesi sono solitamente localizzati nei centri delle [...]
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I’m not trying to make fun of Chinese probable censorship on “Cape No. 7″ (海角七號). Censorship easily turns into real-life satire anyway, and this story looks like one in the making.
China has suspended the screening of the hit Taiwanese film Cape No. 7. The film had passed Chinese censors and was scheduled to premiere in China [...]

NIC stands for National Intelligence Council, a center for mid-term and long-term strategic thinking and advising the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). It published a document that caught a lot of global attention - sfgate carries a review of press reactions to it on November 20.
Global Trends 2025 - A Transformed World - comes in [...]