. . . Allen from over at Fool's Mountain : I agree with basically everything you said. I think the PRC is really going out of its way t...

Posted this as a comment over at CLB as a reply to gloomy predictions of a 20-30 year slump in the China market from China Vortex's Pa...

Having already safely forseen the morning ceremonies on the opening day of the Olympics, Xinhua performs new feats in divining the exact wo...

September has always been the month of change in my life, far more so that the year's end you'll see on a calendar, just as (uber bl...

What in god's name are you thinking? Support for the unequivocal position [On banning all torture] was highest in Spain (82%), Great Bri...

I came across this fascinating article written by a GI in the closing days of the US military's prescence on Taiwan via a link from the...

Hua Guofeng, the man who succeeded Mao Zedong as leader of China, carrying on the policies of 'the great helmsman', died today at th...

If, as appears likely in light of today's news , Russia recognises Abkhazia as an independent nation - will the Chinese recognise it as ...

I read an interesting opinion piece in the Washington post written by Anne Applebaum yesterday, money quote: For the best possible illustra...

A friend of mine sent me (and the rest of my former colleagues) an email saying this: . . . you guys are all effectively going to be blocked...

This post had me chuckling: Then, at 6.15am, before anything had even happened, we were handed a press release (distributed by the Propagan...

Check out this video of Navy Day celebrations in the Ukraine-owned Russian-controlled port of Sevastopol . As someone who has always loved t...

That's right, the FOARP has now officially declared war on the nation of Italy. For years they have been oppressing me with their beauti...

I have just discovered the history lectures of Yuan Tengfei (袁腾飞), history's most 'badassed' history teacher (h/t to Tang Buxi o...