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The Ugly Face of Intolerance – Part 2/3
I first ran into this particular wall of intolerance on the Amazon Forum where Amy Chua’s critics left reviews and comments about her parenting methods in a hate fest that had mostly nothing to do with...
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Mao’s ‘alleged’ Guilt in the Land of Famines – Part 2/8
To claim this famine on Mao’s watch was the worst in “modern world history” is a farce once we learn what “modern history” means. In the West, “modern history” may describe the beginning of a new era,...
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Mao’s ‘alleged’ Guilt in the Land of Famines – Part 3/8
Before I reveal new evidence to cast doubt on the claims of Mao’s critics in the West, two more books blame Mao for the loss of life due to the famine that took place during The Great Leap Forward...
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Mao’s ‘alleged’ Guilt in the Land of Famines – Part 4/8
Amazon reviewer W Y Lu of Hong Kong said, there is absolutely no evidence the atrocities Dikotter mentions were ordered from the top. In fact, quite the opposite – they were often uncovered, even by...
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Mao’s ‘alleged’ Guilt in the Land of Famines – Part 5/8
To wrap up his rebuttal, Amazon reviewer W Y Lu of Hong Kong says, Dikotter gets his 45 million by (a) inflating mortality rates gleaned from the archives by 50%, and (b) assuming a ridiculously low...
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Mao’s ‘alleged’ Guilt in the Land of Famines – Part 6/8
World Life Expectancy.com (WLE) shows that in one decade between 1960 and 70 (Mao did not die until 1976), life expectancy in Indonesia was 47.9, India 49.3 and China 61.7. Did you do the math and see...
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Mao’s ‘alleged’ Guilt in the Land of Famines – Part 7/8
When I asked my wife her opinion [who lived through the Great Leap Forward (GLF) as a child and then was a teen in Shanghai and spent a few years in a labor camp during The Cultural Revolution] she...
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Mao’s ‘alleged’ Guilt in the Land of Famines – Part 8/8
More than one book has examined this topic from a scholarly perspective (instead of inflammatory unsubstantiated and inflated claims), but Mao’s Western critics have mostly ignored this work. In China:...
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Scapegoating China and Manipulating the Opinions of Americans – Part 1/4
If the traditional media in the United States or politicians campaigning for election are not bashing China, he or she may lose votes and/or an audience. Why? Because many people want to believe what...
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The differences between Individualism and Collective Cultures – Part 2/5
Even in individualist countries/cultures, we find collectivism at work. In business, the collective society is often seen in corporate structure. New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki argues,...
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China’s Long History with Burma/Myanmar: Part 1 of 3
The Economist (September 9, 2010) published a critical piece about China’s relationship with Myanmar: Welcome, Neighbor – China hosts another tinpot dictator from next door. “Tinpot dictator” are the...
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China Preserving its History
A few years ago, David Frum wrote on his blog (I think he deleted that post or closed his Blog since then) about China’s Early Empires referring to Belknap’s six-volume history of Imperial China. Frum...
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