A "Blame China" Fisking

This great post at the 88s tears apart an article by Anne Applebaum entitled "Blame China". In what the 88s claims is the "worst foreign policy analysis" he's ever read, the article essentially puts all the blame for a nuclear DPRK on China's shoulders.

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From Famine To Excess 2 years 6 weeks ago

A translation (via ESWN, of course) of a HK blogger's opinions about an Apple Daily article that reported/republished a 12-year-old girl's blog in which she violently rants about her dad abusing her. Is traditional media aware of the implications faced by taking something expecting to sit in the blogsphere and pushing it into the mainstream?

Food Exports to Japan Drop and China Has No One to Blame | China Esquire 30 weeks 2 hours ago

Food exports have dropped by 30% to Japan, which is a key market for Chinese food products. As long as the government refuses to tackle this issue head on, then China really has no one to blame if Japan or other countries decide to start consuming less food products from China.

The Fine Print 2 years 20 weeks ago

Dan at Talk Talk China writes an excellent post about how when dealing with Chinese people, usually you're going to get screwed, but they're not to blame... you are. Just read the fine print.

Enemy of the State: The complicated life of an idealist 1 year 32 weeks ago

This deep and moving article is a must read for anyone that feels China is a quick fix away from being perfect. Zha Jianying's account of her pro-democracy brother's imprisonment shows a breadth of comprehension rarely found in analysis about China.

Hat tip to The Granite Studio for pointing it out and providing a great summary.

The Big Hole in Chinese Productivity Apps 1 year 4 weeks ago

China Vortex has an interesting article on some of the reasons online productivity applications (think your basic Office apps, plus CRMs and ERPS) are falling behind in China - blame the damn gamers, or rather the lack of foresight from development funding.

Floating rubbish piling up in Three Gorges Dam 2 years 10 weeks ago

This article, via Mask of China, makes you think how far the river has come since Mao took his famous dips. Due to droughts (and a completely disregard for hard-hitting environmental policy), the Chang Jiang (??) or Yangtse River is packed with about 7 million cubic feet of garbage congesting at the controversial Three Gorges Dam.

The yellow, violent mob culture of a Chinese BBS 46 weeks 1 day ago

Danwei reports on China's first online meme of 2008 - "Very yellow, very violent,". The article offers up a translation of Mai Tian's post entitled: "The Mop culture behind 'Very yellow, very violent'" - an interesting article about China's rather "mob-like" BBS culture.

That Thing That Happened In That Place 2 years 7 weeks ago

In the interests of not drawing too much fire from the GFoC, I'll just say - go watch this video about mountains and why not to walk in lines near them.

Sorry it's not in English, but I think the actions speak louder than words.

German "disappointment" about alleged Chinese hacking is hypocritical 1 year 14 weeks ago