Category Archives: China
China, Worried about Its Out-of-Balance Demographics, Takes to Chastising 30-Something, Unmarried “Ugly” Women
China has criticized the growing number of women 30 and over who are unmarried. Calling them “left over women,” the Chinese government is trying to shame them into marriage. Yet if China wants to point fingers for this alarming demographic … Continue reading
China’s New Leaders Ban “Pomp”
China has new leaders to guide the country though this decade, but these communists are proposing radical changes. Changes that include eliminating boring speeches and red carpets as The Telegraph reports: Party leaders will no longer be greeted wherever they … Continue reading
Dalai Lama Warns that the Chinese are Trying to Kill Him with Poisoned Hair
This sounds more like one of the bizarre attempt to kill Fidel Castro by the CIA than an actual Chinese plot. Yet the Chinese can be expected to try anything. After all, they do back the North Koreans and no … Continue reading
The Rocks that may Start a War between China and the Philippines
China is exerting its military force more and more in the South China Sea. That is pushing its two main rivals there, Vietnam and the Philippines, closer to the United States. In the meantime, these two nations are left to … Continue reading
Chinese City to Ban Long Speeches
China may not be a communist country any longer, but the ruling elite still consider themselves communists and make speeches like communists too. The Soviet Union was famous for hours-long speech by top officials that recited the top propaganda of … Continue reading
Every Province in China is Greece
Larry Lang, chair professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said some remarkable things at a lecture recently. His words run counter to the accepted belief that China has a booming economy. On the contrary, Lang claims … Continue reading
China Mistakenly Plays “America the Beautiful” During Rocket Launch
Oops. This is probably not what Chinese state television had in mind when it was looking for patriotic-sounding music for the launch of China’s first space lab. It is patriotic, but patriotic for the United States. The music doesn’t have … Continue reading
China to Dalai Lama: You Don’t Have the Legal Right to Reincarnation
From the perspective of the Chinese government, there is a law for everything. The 76-year-old Dalai Lama recently said that he would decide if he should be reincarnated when he reaches the age of 90. Presumably, Tibetan Buddhism lets the … Continue reading
Chinese Military Documentary Accidentally Reveals Cyberattack on U.S.
China has long denied that it engages in cyberattacks on the United States. That will be harder to deny after a six-second clip in a military film from the People’s Liberation Army revealed specific details of an attack on a … Continue reading
UK Censorship Proposal on Social Media gets “Like” from China
Recently, British Prime Minister David Cameron suggested that a way to control civil unrest is too limit social media access. “Free flow of information can be used for good, but it can also be used for ill. So we are … Continue reading




