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It’s not “Who do you love?” that matters, but “What do you fear the most?”

In class two weeks ago we were watching one of the installments from the documentary series China From the Inside, when one of my students asked, with some reason, that if there was so much hardship and discontent why does the CCP enjoy such broad... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Sun, Oct 04 2009

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20 May 09 visit Easing hardship through education  »  People's Daily Like other students from Xinjiang University, Yusanjan Abdiryim from Kashgar knows he will have more choices after graduation than were possible before. The 23-year-old has already felt the hardship of life and places great value on what he has learned...
07 Aug 08 visit Why Businesspeople Should Be Olympics Atheists  »  Biz Cult Well it’s finally Olympics eve. So much is riding on this moment, isn’t it? Like, umm. Well, there’s the uhh. Uhhh, you know, the whatchamacallit. When it comes down to it, I can’t think of a single reason why this Olympics matters so much...
06 Nov 09 visit Claiming "fear in Tibet", Dalai Lama tells lies again  »  People's Daily The 14th Dalai Lama used to say that there exists constant threat and long-lasting fear in Tibet when asked by press a few days ago. This nonsense only reveals the hollowness and self-deceiving gimmicks deep inside the lama's heart. As an economically...
12 May 09 visit The Chinese Are Coming, Part XVIII. It's The Stimulus Stupid.  »  China Law Blog “Who’s going to turn down a Junior Mint? It’s chocolate, it’s peppermint, it’s delicious. It’s very refreshing.” Cosmo Kramer, Seinfeld, episode #60 When I was in law school, I was rankled by students who complained about how busy they we...
27 Oct 08 visit “Who is Hu Jia?”  »  Peking Duck I am glad to see (via ESWN) that another blogger, and an especially good one, is asking the same simple question I asked last week. … I’m not sure what [to] make of the EU choosing him over other Chinese activists. In the last chapter of Out...

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