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Seeking Truth from Dongzhou Facts
EastSouthWestNorth has translated parts of a report by a group called Chinese Rights Defenders (Gongmin Weiquan), which appears to be a collection of people both inside and outside of China, on the Dongzhou killings (the original Chinese text,… Continue reading
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Alito and the Injustice of the Law
I was in the car a lot today: had to drive Aidan to and from the dentist; then had to go to an out of town meeting. Where I live there are few options for radio listening. Beyond… Continue reading
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Nationalism and Science (and not just in Korea)
Oranckay has a very good analysis of the Korean stem cell fiasco (hat tip Marmot). The key point is the social context that enabled and supported the fraud even after some questions were being raised: Put simply, I… Continue reading
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Two Articles on Confucianism
The first (hat tip for both: China Digital Times) is in China Daily and is a warning, by a Chinese analyst, Huang Qing, not to allow Confucianism to become a religion. By "religion" he seems to mean unreconstructed… Continue reading
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More State, Less Society
The State Council, China’s ruling cabinet, has issued "a national plan on emergency response:" The emergency response plan aims to increase the government’s capability to protect public safety, deal with unexpected incidents, minimize the losses of the incidents,… Continue reading
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Tom DeLay Finds Way (Tao)
The political scandals washing across Washington have brought down one of the mighty: Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) today abandoned his bid to remain House majority leader, bowing to pressure from a growing number of fellow House Republicans who… Continue reading
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Friday I Ching Blogging: The Mideast After Sharon
Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel, is in his last days. Whatever happens to him medically, his political life is certainly over. What might this mean for Mideast politics? I put that question to the I Ching and… Continue reading
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Chinese Nannies
Is it just me or is there something grotesque about the idea of "designer nannies," as suggested by this story in the German magazine, Spiegel, (hat tip: China Digital Times): Chinese Nannies are the Latest New York Trend… Continue reading
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Orphans
Here’s something I have not thought about before: how would a modern Confucian-esque philosophy deal with orphans? This question follows from this short piece in today’s China Daily: China currently has 573,000 orphans, among whom 66,000 have been… Continue reading
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A No-Place for Tao
OK, someone had to ask obvious question about this news item in today’s People’s Daily: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Wednesday established the Center for the Studies of Taoist Culture. The center will focus on advancing… Continue reading
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