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In a rambling recitation of CCP talking points an interview with Al-Jazeera, China’s special envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike attempted to mend fences with those in the Islamic world who might have taken umbrage to the Chinese government’s response to the riots in Xinjiang. In true CCP-style, Wu responds to the question “What happened in [...] Well as most of my China-based readers know, there will be an eclipse tomorrow morning between 8:30 and 9:30 local time. The local news this evening reminded people not to gaze directly into an eclipse without protective goggles. They should have also mentioned that it probably wouldn’t be the best time to test the salesperson’s claims [...] Following our misty mountain hop through Zhangjiajie, we traveled south by train to the town of Jishou. Jishou isn’t really anything, it’s a transportation center masquerading as a fugly provincial town, but it’s a convenient gateway to the towns of Fenghuang and Dehang. We had made reservations in Jishou while still on the train, some binguan [...] 45 minutes on this particular trail and we realized that there was absolutely nobody else around. It was an odd sensation for two residents of urban China where every space has eyes and the flow of humanity is a ceaseless feature of the cityscape. YJ and I were in Western Hunan taking our bi-annual vacation, and the first [...] I’m back from Hunan and I’ve got some great posts from our trip, but I did want to take a moment and comment on the recent unrest in Urumqi. The violence on both sides has been shocking and horrifying and only threatens to worsen as vigilantism and revenge add fuel to the fires of racial mistrust, economic [...] |
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National Pride and Film Festivals
Who cares what we believe, just as long as those with different opinions or alternative perspectives shut the hell up.
Comparisons between the riots in Urumqi and 9/11 are not quite right (a closer parallel can be found in the race riots which swept US cities during the 1960s), but even if we are to swallow hook, [...]