propaganda

Huang Mengfu: It’s Complicated

justrecently — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:00:00 -0600

Huang Mengfu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the board of directors of the China Foundation For Human Rights Development, quotes an American friend…
“He said an American could write a book after returning from a weeklong trip to the East Asian nation but could only [...]

Nude Women in Cage

rudenoon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:47:00 -0600

This from Reuters, via Yahoo, China targets big websites in Internet crackdown.
China has launched a crackdown against major websites that officials accused of threatening morals by spreading pornography and vulgarity, including the dominant search engines Google and Baidu.
China’s Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies announced the campaign at a meeting on Monday, [...]
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A Guided Survey on Public Well-Being

justrecently — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:32:00 -0600

Never offend your rulers by inappropriate answers.
When you are blue just knock on wood.

Good Dog, Karl

rudenoon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:52:00 -0600

In a recent article in the WSJ, the Bush administration’s chief muffin man and ‘architect’ of the bloody madness, Karl Rove, pitched a possible explanation as to why the Bush White House has been so terribly ineffective. In what can only be described as an act of political taxidermy and stick-in-your-eye propaganda that we’ve come [...]
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A Linguistic Analysis of the “Go China” Recital

justrecently — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:39:00 -0600

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 [...]

Watching China Grow

justrecently — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:49:00 -0600

The Western China-related blogosphere sometimes seems to be split down the middle - pandahuggers and pandabashers. (Actually, I think it is a bit unfair to equate the Pandas and China in its current shape. Imaginative Chinese people make take offense from that because they think of themselves as self-strenghtening and rising while Pandas are kind of [...]

German Nationalism 1914 - a Snapshot

justrecently — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:34:00 -0600

“This is how we come across abroad: as brutal, aggressive, sabre-rattling lansquenets - who are all this simply because we are fearful, chicken-hearted, peaceloving, helpless slaves.”
Original: “So erscheinen wir dem Ausland: als brutale, Händel suchende, mit dem Säbel rasselnde Kriegesknechte - die aber all das nur sind, weil wir ängstliche, feige, friedliebende, hilflose Herrenknechte sind.”
Gustav [...]

A Piece of Chinese Patriotic Education

justrecently — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:25:00 -0600

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 [...]

Christmas Story: The East is Red - Part III

justrecently — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:51:00 -0600

« Part II of this scientific novel is here «
“If we used your seven-league boots, we could walk faster,” whispered Hermit, as they continued their way, unhindered by the monks.
“Forget it,” Nanny whispered back. “That would mean that I’d have to carry both Chinacansayno and you, and besides, I’m not sure if I want to [...]

News too Good to be True: A Thought on Taiwan’s SIP Investigations

justrecently — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:59:00 -0600

After the indictment and intermittend detention of recent Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian, the Special Investigation Panel of the Supreme Prosecutor’s office said yesterday it would investigate former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) on suspicion of money laundering. — Story here.
At first glance, I would congratulate Taiwan for its efficient judiciary. They seem to achieve something that France [...]