It may surprise some Readers to learn that China is far from a racially homogeneous nation. We tend to think of Chinese as people who are identified as “Han Chinese” — but in fact there are dozens of ethnic groups… Continue Reading
It will come as a surprise to no one who regularly reads this blog that issues of due process of law are particularly sensitive ones for me. So those of you Readers who know a thing or two about China… Continue Reading
I’ve opined on these pages that the “default” position of a government should be in favor of harvesting the organs of someone who dies, so that the living can benefit from this evanescent resource. I’ve also opined that one’s body… Continue Reading
To say that the Chinese government has not been a good custodian of the environment is an understatement. The number of ways that the centrally-planned, socialist economy in the PRC has caused environmental devastation on a scale unprecedented in the… Continue Reading
On today, the day of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, the People’s Republic China will do its very best to give the rest of the world a look at China and see something admirable. If only the leaders of… Continue Reading
For Day -1 of the Olympics, let’s take a look at your dining options while in Beijing. You might think that hey, it’s China, so the Chinese food is going to be great! But the quality of ingredients available in… Continue Reading
Today is day -2 of the Olympic Games, which means that preliminary rounds of some sports are getting started now. For instance, in women’s soccer, team USA stumbled out of the starting gate with a 2-0 loss to Norway. So… Continue Reading
Based on a comment I made at Right Wing Nut House earlier this morning: It should not be news to anyone that the People’s Republic of China is a repressive, brutal regime which is the largest and most dangerous relic… Continue Reading
No bell-bottom sightings at this time, but I’m starting to see more similarities than differences. Consider: The dollar is weak. Monopoly-money weak. We’re in a lingering, indecisive, expensive, and still-dangerous tail end of a protracted foreign war, in which the… Continue Reading
Today, President Bush dedicated a statue in Washington as a monument to the estimated hundred million people killed by communist regimes in the past century. While somber, it is an important event. We tend to forget these days that there… Continue Reading