debate

www.isidorsfugue.com — Discusses a recent article and the comments by and about Chinese scholar Xiong Peiyun who in describing China said, "this society is a mess and that we constantly see these heinous acts of depriving others of their lives, or what we could call torture." It highlights that there is ongoing debate in China about freedom of speech.

www.economist.com — It is not quite true that China is rejecting Western values such as democracy. Rather, it is fighting over them. The term “universal values”, or pushi jiazhi, is a new one in Chinese political debate—surprising given that concepts commonly associated with it, such as freedom, democracy and human rights, have been bickered over incessantly for 30 years.

www.chinahush.com — This was originally from a Japanese blog, then soon translated to Chinese and reposted on many Chinese websites. So friends who speak Japanese please let us know any discrepancy on this indirect translation of the original text.

chinadivide.com — A common stumbling block in discussions of divisive issues involving China (as well as those that don’t) is the moral absolute, the black and white perspective.

www.chinahush.com — A few days ago China Education Department published “General Standard Chinese Characters Table”, a draft for reviews and feedbacks by the general public intended to revise 44 Chinese Characters, also restored 51 variant characters. Review period begins on the 12th ends on the 31st of this month. This news resulted controversy debates.