September 7, 2024

What do I think of Australia and China’s latest confrontation over a Chinese diplomat’s tweet? I am an Australian and I think China’s complaints are well grounded. Furthermore, the Australian (and Western) media refused to discuss China’s complaints–or even publish them–which suggests a guilty conscience. This article from the weekly newsletter, Here Comes China explains their embarrassed silence: […]

How Much do we know about Work and Wages in China? The economy is in such a state that men don’t have enough money to care for elderly parents and support their wives and children. Even in good years their lives are bitter while, in bad years, they struggle to avoid starving to death. Under those circumstances,

President Hu and President Xi were given completely different assignments, so is President Hu better than President Xi Jinping? In 1979 Deng Xiaoping gave the country and the Party a goal of establishing a xiaokangsociety (general peace, moderate prosperity and a just legal order based on sound moral foundations) by 2021, the 100th. anniversary of

What Happens When China Leads the World? When China leads the world, by using force and pretending to benevolence the hegemon will certainly have a large state. By using virtue and practicing benevolence the wise ruler will achieve humane authority. Mencius. In the course of his study of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides, the fifth century BC

Xi Jinping’ Biography Like a Novel As we see from Xi Jinping’s biography, he wants a  well-governed country. Those who discuss policy must be in accordance with the law. Because those who carry out official matters must be regulated. Superiors evaluate actual performance; officials carry out their work efficiently. Words are not permitted to exceed

Controlling the The Covid Narrative, China vs USA The Hard Part Comes Next Our media blamed Russia for downing MH-117 before the wreckage hit the ground, and China as the source of Covid as soon as the Chinese discovered it. This week’s report threatens the Covid narrative. WHO scientists–from Australia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands,