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Category Archives: China
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China
Here are some highlights from this book by Julia Lovell: * The London Missionary Society had sent out their first man to south China, Robert Morrison, in 1807. Not long after his arrival, he had been asked whether he hoped … Continue reading
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What If Authoritarian Governments Are More Effective With The Corona Virus?
What if China deals effectively with Corona and it takes the West 12-18 months to do what China might have done in two months? Will we see permanent political change towards authoritarianism in the West as a result?
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Maoism: A Global History
Julia Lovell writes in her 2019 book: * After 1949, the book’s [Red Star Over China] message would come full circle. Even though Mao himself never showed any desire to go back to Yan’an, the symbolic birthplace of Maoism, he … Continue reading
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The Private Life Of Chairman Mao
Here are some highlights from this 1996 book: * He sought to triumph over death through Daoist methods of sex. He followed no schedule except on May Day and National Day and on the rare occasions when he received foreign … Continue reading
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#108 11-13-18 Why Are California’s Wildfires So Wild?
00:00 California’s fires 01:00 Are Progressives using California’s wildfires to preserve the global warming hypothesis? 28:00 CA’s homeless problem 30:00 Rodney Martin, long-time California resident, joins. 36:00 California and the end of civilization 58:00 Is Barack Obama a swish? 1:04:00 … Continue reading