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THE UNBEARABLE SOLITUDE OF BEING THE ONLY BUILDING IN BANGKOK TO FALL
Even before the dust settled in Bangkok after the March 28 quake, China Railway's Tenth Bureau was deleting posts and photos about its key role in the…
THE PHOENIX FOLLIES: Where is Qin Gang?
One of China Foreign Minister Qin Gang's most charismatic appearances can be seen in this March 2022 clip, aired while still Ambassador in DC, hosted by…
ESSAY: Ching Chang Hanji
A century and a half of Sino-British contention is recapitulated in a Sino-British spat over "rights" to a public piano at St. Pancras station in…
ESSAY: Three Body Problem has a problem
A science fiction saga so bleak that the sight of three men spilling beer on the ground in a field infested with locusts is a stirring testament to hope…
ESSAY: Reading between the lines of US-China readouts
There was only one phone call, and it was recorded by both sides, but reading the readouts you’d think that Biden and Xi lived in parallel universes…
CCTV FOLLIES 5.11 REVERSE ODYSSEY IN REVIEW
The news is all about you-know-who and his conquering of hearts and minds of young and old, peasants and diplomats alike, across the heartland of…
SOMETHING'S HAPPENING HERE...
It's a bitter irony for all Americans that a republic founded in opposition to tariffs imposed by the distant Mad King George should find itself under…
CCTV FOLLIES 1.22 OLDIES BUT GOLDIES
In today's news, the most recent shots of Xi are three decades old -Nice old Kodachrome shots, but still -Is the paramount one resting on his laurels or…
CCTV FOLLIES 1.4 CHINA CARES ABOUT IRAN
Xi sends condolences to Iran -Xi presides over important meeting -Xi's New Year speech still the buzz of the town -On the scene in Iran -Red Sea…
CCTV FOLLIES 3.27 TO GREET A HISTORIC PERSONAGE
The world swoons as China's latter-day emperor deigns to grant an audience to a lucky group of American tribute-seekers who praise the profound thinking…
ESSAY: SLEEPWALKERS WAKE UP!
“Both China and the United States seem to be sleepwalking toward a cross-strait confrontation at some point within the next decade.”
CCTV FOLLIES 5.29 THE STATE OF THE POLICE STATE IS EXCELLENT!
Absolute leadership, Soul of police, Guided by spirit, Security army, Resolutely obey, Summer crackdown, Cyber chaos, Eliminate criminals, US human…
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