I have been fuming about the Olympics in Beijing for a long time now. Now it’s here, and the controversy has died down in favor of Olympics mania, and I still don’t know what to think.
Human rights abuses such as the oppression of dissidents, inhuman working conditions for factory workers, and the funding and selling of [...]
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fuck the Olympics – the government of China sucks (but so does ours)
Posted in China, Personal Shit, Politics on August 8, 2008 | 10 Comments »
things I’ve ignored in this blog recently
Posted in Celebrities, China, Gay and Lesbian stuff, Los Angeles, Other Stuff, Personal Shit, Politics on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve ignored the horrible regime in Myanmar, and their inability to let other people help their nation’s cyclone victims.
I’ve ignored the (presumptive) victory of Obama over Hillary, and her last-last-last minute swipes at him.
I’ve ignored the failure of prop 98 to pass, and the victory of prop 99 in California.
I’ve ignored my obligation to the [...]
the Chinese government ignored a seismologist’s warning
Posted in China, Politics on May 17, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The devastation in China from the horrible earthquake a few days ago is heartbreaking. But apparently a Chinese seismologist knew in advance the quake was coming, yet his government didn’t heed the warning.
The same night of Sichuan’s May 12 earthquake, Chinese scientist Li Shihui revealed on his blog that Chinese seismologist Geng Qingguo accurately predicted the [...]
China and Tibet
Posted in China, Politics on May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
While I think that some Chinese there and abroad are being overly sensitive about criticism from outside China (you realize the West is not ganging up on you, right? We worry about your government, but we worry more about our own governments and the forces of evil within our own borders, and we talk shit [...]
Chinese nationalism
Posted in China, Personal Shit, Politics on May 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
At the age of twelve, I was standing on top of the giant gate that serves as entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing, Mao’s giant painting hanging on the huge red wall below me, and watched with my parents in amazement as Tiananmen Square filled to the brim with students wearing white headbands and [...]
Protest of China’s Human Rights Record Before the Rose Bowl Parade – DENIED!
Posted in China, Politics on December 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I know that this is not a political blog (I leave that up to the more qualified bloggers out there who know what they’re talking about) but this really bothers me (from the Pasadena Star-News):
Citing security concerns, Police Chief Bernard Melekian on Tuesday rejected a proposal by critics of China to precede the Tournament of [...]
