Browsing Tag »China politics«

Politics and Beijing Olympics — Alternative Point of View

January 30, 2008

As the Beijing Olympics fast approaches, Western media organizations are quick to pull out the well-worn cliches about repressive regimes and the Olympic Games. It is refreshing therefore to read this interview in the Seattle Times blog with Dr Susan Brownell, an American anthropologist who does research on sports in China and their connection with politics, [...]

Ming Pao Monthly and Chinese Intellectual Tradition

December 14, 2007

I have been amazed by how much my reading habits have changed over the past two years. I no longer read hard copies of daily newspapers and magazines on a regular basis. Instead I subscribe to news feeds using the Google Reader. I scan through hundreds of articles electronically on a daily basis to imbibe the [...]