Truck unloads bamboo pile, Taiwan style
Following video is a truck driver in Taiwan unloading a big pile of bamboo. I guess modern day truck manufacturers and designers should keep this use case in mind.
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Support for Korea Non-Intervention, Self-Determination and a Peaceful...
North Korea is the most vilified nation in the world. But in truth, it should be considered the shining city on top of a hill as far as human spirit is concerned. HOW??? You wouldn’t think that by...
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Cult of personality mindset and Xi Jinping (aside)
You’ve ever noticed how many American news personalities and pundits always talk about personality when they are comparing Xi Jinping with his predecessor Hu Jintao? Hu is described as lacking in...
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U.S. – Hong Kong Extradition Treaty (1997)
Took me a while, but I finally found the text of the U.S. – Hong Kong Extradition Treaty (1997) from the U.S. Government Printing Office. A copy of the pdf is provided below. The Senate Notes here...
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Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems (李世默:两种制度的传说)
Eric X. Li, whom both YinYang and I know personally, recently gave this TED presentation on the ideological worship of two political systems – communism … and electoral democracies. As usual, I find...
View ArticleShould China Consider Giving Snowden Asylum?
As Snowden considers asylum offers from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia, and perhaps mulls a second application to Russia (Putin had earlier said if Snowden wanted to apply asylum there, he’d have to...
View ArticleOpinion: Last Word by Melektaus on the Rule of Law
I’m getting sick of this “debate” on the rule of law (or laws in general). It’s a recurring theme marred in confusion. So I will try to make this as simple as possible. Just let this “debate” die in...
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Typhoon Haiyan’s Destructive Path
Survivors waited to board a military plane at the airport in Tacloban The news is still enfolding on the destruction Typhoon Haiyan – now barreling its towards Vietnam and on into southern China - left...
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Western Media’s Pervasive Bias Against China Today
Zack recently pointed out in the open thread the following article by Stephen Harner that accurately – though not necessarily exhaustively – hit on so many points on what is wrong with the Western...
View ArticleRevisiting “Tiger Mom”, and where “Individualism” failed (with a Sleeveless...
Recently, I had an interesting debate about the “Tiger Mom” culture in Asia, against the backdrop of a Chinese American mother who criticized the Tiger Mom’s suppression of children’s “autonomy”. So,...
View ArticlePosition Paper of the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the...
On December 7, 2014, the Chinese government released a position paper on why the UNCLOS Arbitration initiated by Philippines should be dismissed as groundless. Below is a copy. For me personally,...
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A short caricature on politics …
In the lead up to China’s commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in WWII, I thought I’d do a little personal aside … that might explain why Japan can be so delusional about so many...
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Privacy, National Security, Human Rights, Social Value, Whatever – It’s...
Microsoft, Privacy, and Rights over Ex-territorial Servers The Economist today had an article on a case involving Microsoft’s alleged refusal to turn over documents stored on a foreign server to FBI....
View ArticleIndonesia’s Hidden Holocaust
Joshua Oppenheimer is an Oscar-nominated American film director based in Denmark. He recently produced two award-winning documentaries on the genocide perpetrated by the Indonesian government against...
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Xi Jinping’s U.N. Speech
President Xi Jinping made an important speech in which he outlined a better way for the international community to move forward: not with hegemony, but with an eye toward win-win cooperation. Below is...
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What’s Up with Abe’s Egging China On to War?
Mr. Abe has done a lot to put Asia back on the path to War: what with re-arming Japan, making a mockery of Japan’s Pacifist Constitution, and overflowing rhetoric about the dangers of a rising China....
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Opinion: U.K. – the Bridge Between East and West? Not So Fast.
U.K.-China Toast President Xi is visiting the U.K. this week. There are pageantry … and the British expects the Chinese to make all the fuss worthwhile by signing some $60 Billion US worth of deals....
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Short Post: Returning Stolen Treasures
I saw this article earlier today in the NYT about actor Nicholas Cage agreeing to return to Mongolia a dinosaur fossil that he had legitimately bought (paying top dollars for) but that turned out to...
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Server Migrated
If you see this page. You have reached our new server. If you see things that appear wrong, please let me know, so I can fix them. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a shakeout period for me to see...
View ArticleDear President Trump…
I am going to write an article or post on the myth of law… But this 9th circuit decision to not reinstate Trump’s order to temporarily stop immigration from 7 countries is really getting to me. Here...
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