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Sow. Reap.
A secret prison has been discovered in Baghdad, apparently run by one of the Iraqi militias, where detainees have been brutally abused: Iraq’s government said today that it had ordered an urgent investigation of accusations that 173 detainees… Continue reading
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An East Asian Identity?
I know this topic, or something like it, keeps popping up here, but that’s because it keeps popping up in the Chinese media. Here we have yet another front page People’s Daily (Overseas Edition) article on creating a… Continue reading
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Confucianism on the Outside, Legalism on the Inside
A piece from last Saturday’s NYT outlines the injustices rife within the Chinese legal system. In referring to Mr. Xie Yujun’s struggle to defend his son, the money quote: But Mr. Xie’s plaintive cry poses a fundamental question… Continue reading
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Dating: Chongqing Style
No sooner did I finish the previous post, when I discovered this China Daily article on dating in Chongqing, with a mention of Shanghai and Beijing thrown in for good measure. Seems its just as hard for twenty-somethings… Continue reading
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Sunday “Modern Love:” Fling or Future?
Mindy Hung tells us about her experiences with an on-line date. It is something completely alien to me. I met my wife-to-be, face-to-face, when I was a freshman in college; we became a thing in my… Continue reading
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Friday I Ching Blogging: The French Riots
One of the week’s big stories is the riots in France. The violence raises questions about how well people with Middle Eastern and African heritages have been integrated into French society. This goes right to the definition of… Continue reading
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A Sad Story with Ethical Implications
This story ran in the Boston Globe on Sunday: Haleigh Poutre, 11, clings to life in a hospital bed, her body sustained by breathing machines and feeding tubes. The state, which now has legal custody of the child,… Continue reading
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Brand Asia
Something called the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum 2005 (ACCF) – Open Forum, opened in Beijing today. I think it brings together government people and intellectuals from around the region (and also from the US: it seems Jonathan Spence… Continue reading
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Globalization and War in East Asia
For anyone interested in the international politics of East Asia (without reference to ancient Chiense thought), I have a post over at ZenPundit today about the growing tensions between China and Japan. Even though the I Ching may… Continue reading
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Globalization, War and Mencius
Over at ZenPundit there is roundtable series of posts and discussion on the broad topic of globalization and war (I will have a post there tomorrow). I want to respond here to Simon’s (of Simon World) post. He… Continue reading
The Useless Tree 