A SERIES OF THREE BLOGS ON CHINA’S LEADING INTELLECTUALS AND THEIR SELF-REFERENTIAL WORLD ONE: THE ENDURING APPEAL OF ESSENTIAL CHINESENESS Many Tibetans, whether in or beyond Tibet, take whatever opportunity that arises to engage with educated Chinese, in the hope of sparking dialogue, even a meeting of minds. The results are usually disappointing. […]
Month: February 2014
A SERIES OF BLOGS ON CHINA’S LEADING INTELLECTUALS AND THEIR SELF-REFERENTIAL WORLD TWO: THE DISSIDENT LIBERAL LEFTIST WANG HUI: FRIEND OF TIBETAN HYDRO DAM PROTESTERS Not all Chinese intellectuals belong to the party-state establishment, or toe the mass line. Although open dissent in Tibet is not […]
A SERIES OF BLOGS ON CHINA’S LEADING INTELLECTUALS AND THEIR SELF-REFERENTIAL WORLD THREE: THE DISSIDENT LIBERAL LEFTIST WANG HUI: THE PAIN OF THE TIBETANS IS A FIGMENT OF WESTERN FANTASISTS CHINA, CENTRE OF ALL UNDER HEAVEN There is so much in Chinese tradition to draw on that leading intellectuals compete by cutting […]
THE TIBETAN FRONT LINE OF THE CONTEMPORARY SECURITY STATE Thanks to the unending flow of top secret documents going public, we now know that every state spies on everyone, not only to monitor terrorists but also to manoeuvre for military, political and commercial advantage. We have long known China does this, to intercept the military […]
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MONGOLIA’S PASTORAL NOMADS IN NEOLIBERAL FREE FALL In Mongolia, a democracy for almost 25 years, popular disappointment in the corruption of successive, elected governments has reached a point of disillusion deep enough to trigger symbolic warrior attacks on the parliament by horsemen armed with bows, arrows and rifles. The statist response has included speech […]