Archives for the 'China' Category
Ivan Wants To Play
Published on 20 Aug 2008 at 9:00 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under America, China, Europe, Iran, military, money.
Brinksmanship from a Russky general who rather idiotically threatens Poland with nukes if the Poles go ahead with the U.S. missile defense program. Here’s Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn:
“Poland, by deploying (the system) is exposing itself to a strike — 100 percent.”
Commie Compassion
Published on 26 May 2008 at 9:13 pm.
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Filed under China.
Chinese authorities to ease up on one-child rules/penalties for bereaved parents in the quake zone. They can apply for forgiveness of fines (no refunds), transfer of legal status to illegal children, permits for replacement children, etc. via The Australian:
Serious Propaganda Discipline Violation
Published on 21 May 2008 at 10:45 pm.
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Filed under China, sex.
Or devastatingly poor taste. Though we might need to see the art and some copy to make an informed judgment on this one. Chinese mag shut down for printing sexy quake shots:
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Violent Tibetan Fauxtest!
Published on 13 Apr 2008 at 12:13 pm.
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Filed under China, commies.
Hey, is that a violent Tibetan protester?
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New Olympic Events
Published on 8 Apr 2008 at 6:59 am.
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Filed under China, France, Olympics.
Protestor-dodge torch relay in Paris, bridge-scaling in SF, where the torch is due tomorrow. French/Greens protest you can get behind. Oddly, the torch was doused and bused for its protection five times. In most French protests, that would have been five torched buses.
PRC Encounters Resistance
Published on 21 Mar 2008 at 9:43 am.
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Filed under China.
Kangding, Sichuan Province, 2008
Tiananmen Square 1989
A great moment. But we all know how that business ended.
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If You Go to Beijing
Published on 20 Mar 2008 at 8:55 am.
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Filed under China.
You’d better know squat. Issues encountered as China attempts to impress the world with its modernity. They have a different way of doing business there that isn’t going to sit well with a lot of western visitors.
Speaking of which, the PRC continues to unload on Tibet:
No Show @ Big Show
Published on 19 Mar 2008 at 8:11 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under China, France, commies.
UPDATE: I spoke too soon. French doing what French do best. Retreating.
The French, (who had appeared to be) slowly emerging as responsible foreign policy players, actually have a pretty good idea: Show up for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Not our fault or the athletes’ fault the IOC hopped in bed with a(nother) wretched dictatorship. Just shun the [...]
Tibetan Issues
Published on 17 Mar 2008 at 12:04 pm.
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Filed under China.
Quick show of hands. Who wants to go to the Beijing Olympics?
Felines. Nothing More Than Felines.
Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 8:51 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under China, cats, dogs, food.
Trying to get rid of … stray felines unloved. Felines … woah woah woah, felines …
Sorry.* Socially responsible cat-blogging by Sisu.
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China’s Women
Published on 15 Feb 2008 at 2:42 pm.
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Filed under China, women.
Mao wanted to ship them over here. By the boatload:
Mickey Maose
Published on 23 Jan 2008 at 8:04 am.
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Filed under China.
Mickey in a Mao suit at Hong Kong Disney.
I always liked Looney Tunes better anyway. Hit the AP link for the art. Minnie as Madame Chiang might work a little better. That bouffy thing is more EuroDisney. NYT wants to know what Walt would think. Good question. I think Walt would think $$$.
US, UK = Russia, PRC
Published on 2 Jan 2008 at 8:50 am.
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Filed under BS, Britain, China, GWOT, Russia, USA.
As surveillance-rating group fails to tell the difference. Here’s your world:
Good Lord
Published on 21 Nov 2007 at 9:08 am.
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Filed under China.
Apparently China’s campaign vs. Christianity isn’t limited to arrests by communist authorities, but includes a Dickensian sense of capitalistic irony. Maybe more a nasty kind of O. Henry twist. Crucifixes made in sweatshop:
The Thing About China
Published on 4 Sep 2007 at 12:19 am.
13 Comments.
Filed under China.
Is that we are bound to have a war with them, but it is really not in our interest or theirs that we should do so.
Quality Control
Published on 10 Jul 2007 at 10:34 am.
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Filed under China.
I’ve always thought the Chicom were a little overreactive. But a little of this could go a long way:
BEIJING - China executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog on Tuesday for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its product [...]
Castle 4 Sale
Published on 3 Jul 2007 at 8:53 am.
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Filed under China, media, vampires.
Previous owner among the undead
By Associated Press*
BUCHAREST, Romania - For sale, charming, historic castle. Great views. Stake your claim!Literally. And bring some garlic and a crucifix while you’re at it.
Great Firewall of China
Published on 1 Apr 2007 at 11:37 pm.
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Filed under China.
Test your favorite site to see if it may be viewed by the peasants of the Middle Kingdom. I’m happy to report that for the moment this site can be viewed in the PRC. Therefore, I would like to state that I consider the ruling class of Chinese communists to be a pack of hypocritical, corrupt, murderous [...]
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Asian Games
Published on 26 Feb 2007 at 10:42 am.
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Filed under China, india.
Historynet’s Judith Klinghoffer, Indiablogging, rounds up recent tension-boosters in and around the neighborhood and gets a bad 1914 feel off it.
Another Ant-Breeding Scam Busted
Published on 17 Feb 2007 at 9:29 am.
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Filed under China.
Chinese man sentenced to death for bilking $385 million from more than 10,000 investors in bogus ant-breeding scheme. Seems a little harsh. After a feat like that, I’d give the guy an endowed chair at the Glorious Songun School of Juche Idea Financial Development for the Exaltation of Kim Jong Il’s Astounding Business Acumen.
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Stratfor’s 2007 Take
Published on 17 Jan 2007 at 9:35 pm.
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Filed under China, Iran, Iraq, Russia.
The open-source intelligence analysis firm sees the United States and Iran manuevering aggressively this year toward positions from which they can negotiate a political solution in Iraq. Meanwhile, Russia and China pose problems to the extent that … the U.S.-jihadist war is not the most important thing going on in the world.” Some of Stratfor’s key predictions:”Bush’s [...]
