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HAN SELF-RIGHTEOUS RAGE IN XINJIANG TWO of four blogposts on authoritarian China’s delusional fixation on predictive policing CITIZENS ARE THE PREDICTABLE ENEMY In China, this quest to identify the enemy has deep roots. It is almost 100 years since Mao wrote one of his most famous essays: “Who are our enemies, and who are our […]
HAN SELF-RIGHTEOUS RAGE IN XINJIANG THREE of four blogposts on authoritarian China’s delusional fixation on predictive policing SPEAKING IN SLOGANS 24/7 Having identified the Tibetans and Uighurs as China’s eternal internal enemies, coercive correction ensues. In today’s wolf warrior China, it follows readily that what you do with enemies you cannot be rid of, you […]
HAN SELF-RIGHTEOUS RAGE IN XINJIANG FOUR of four blogposts on authoritarian China’s delusional fixation on predictive policing In Western countries racism is debated everywhere, at all times, is vigorously contested, so much so that even in the middle of a pandemic entrenched racism and its legacies is the top topic. There is no such debate […]
A Tibetan new gen in exile has opportunity to revitalise the Tibet issue, to make it integral to the many global debates already trending. Existing debates about climate, carbon emissions, air pollution, pandemic response, wildlife extinctions, inequality, entrenched racism, now dominate the public sphere worldwide. These debates lack Tibetan voices, who could offer uniquely Tibetan […]
MODERNITY WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT 党政军民学，东南西北中，党是领导 一 切的 , the government, military, society, education, north, south, east, west — the party leads everything. Official slogan. Please don’t fabricate an illusion out of liesconcealing previous disasters and this current oneconcealing the slaughter of countless innocent people Poem by Woeser The ability to respond to a crisis is one […]
Blog two of two on the post corona virus new normal in Tibet Why does China take every opportunity, including the corona crisis opportunity, to erase Tibetan medium schooling, rebuild earthquake devastated towns with fully Chinese characteristics, and use poverty alleviation as a rationale for dislocating Tibetan pastoralists from their land? Why is China so […]
blog three of three on corona virus and Tibet For China, corona virus in Tibet starts and ends with data on individuals and the zealous tracking of all the contacts of infected individuals. Like all big data aggregations, this lends itself to immediate publication on official prefectural websites, often with specific biodata, everything but personal […]
Blog one of three on corona virus in Tibet, China and worldwide In early February 2020 Rukor published an analysis of the new corona virus, both in China and Tibet, and how Tibetan and Chinese healers were responding. That post was premature, before it was obvious the whole world would have to tread the infection […]
Blog two of three on corona virus in Tibet, China and worldwide CORONA VIRUS CONTRADICTIONS The corona virus crisis has revealed that China, at the highest level, is dangerously conflicted by its own contradictions and categories. On one hand, China wants to be seen as modern, scientific, a leader in rational planning and efficient execution […]
Anyone for Tibetan matsutake? Tibet’s famous yartsa gunbu caterpillar fungus are bought and sold dry, with a long shelf life, suitable for distant points of sale; while matsutake are much more perishable, requiring a cold chain from picker to packer to plate. Such is the demand for matsutake, songrong 松茸, that a cold chain has […]