Stateless expat trapped in Hong Kong by Canadian consulate goes public
https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/senior-citizen-exiled-from-canada-after-exposing-prime-ministers-racism-and-nato-in-hong-kong
Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media
https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/anti-china-rhetoric-is-off-the-charts-in-western-media/ The mass hysteria reflects the biases inherent in the world’s most powerful media outlets. A key feature of mainstream Western media today is the relentless China-bashing. It is off…
How to prevent sycophancy in China’s civil service
https://www.economist.com/china/2023/03/02/how-to-prevent-sycophancy-in-chinas-civil-service The country’s government is organised in a way that could help Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty is often regarded as one of China’s greatest rulers, in part because…
Explaining Chinese amnesia over the Cultural Revolution
https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/02/02/explaining-chinese-amnesia-over-the-cultural-revolution In “Red Memory” Tania Branigan looks at how and why China chooses to forget Feb 2nd 2023 Red Memory. By Tania Branigan. W.W. Norton; 288 pages; $29.95. Faber &…
Putin’s Conundrum
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/putins-conundrum/ The primary purpose of the Nuclear Posture Review(NPR) is to deceptively “rebrand” the offensive use of nuclear weapons as a justifiable act of defense. The new criteria for using…
How did Lee Kuan Yew reduce coruption in Singapore?
https://qr.ae/prpy4V Reduce the temptation. The temptation of corruption lies on a risk-reward spectrum, with very high temptation at the low risk-high reward end, and very low temptation at the high…
Gareth Evans on Revitalizing the Struggle for Human Rights
Gareth Evans in Project Syndicate: This century has not been kind to human-rights optimists, with 2022 being no exception. Many gains in the recognition and protection of the universal rights…
From Russia with Love: Science and Ideology Then and Now
Anna I. Krylov in Heterodox STEM: My everyday experiences as a chemistry professor at an American university in 2021 bring back memories from my school and university time in the…
The Importance of Seeing Things Whole
The Importance of Seeing Things Whole by Andrew Bard Schmookler Please Permit Me to Talk as if Compelled by Truth Serum It’s an awkward position to be in. Much of…