By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: on the left is Emperor Taizu of Song playing cuju (football) with Prime Minister Zhao Pu. He reigned in the 10th century. This painting is by artist Qian Xuan (1235–1305). On the right, 1,000 years later, then Vice President Xi Jinping showed off his football skills, while inspecting a…
By Jeff J. Brown Above, a fitting metaphor for capitalism. It is cruel, criminal, corrupt and kills in countless numbers. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), as well as being syndicated on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (links below), [dropcap] C [/dropcap]orporate charters around the world state that the officers and board…
By Jeff J. BrownPictured above: circa 1950s poster showing women doing traditional men’s work, with Mao’s famous declaration, “Women hold up half the sky.” The style is interesting, because the painting is done like Chinese cut paper or a woodcut, to give it a classic feel. If you read Chinese, you will notice the word…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Taiwanese Li Mingche at his sentencing in September 2017, for subverting China’s communist-socialist way of life. He worked for years to get Chinese citizens to try to overthrow the government. Baba Beijing finally got a bellyful of his Western NGO backed treason and as a result, he is now…
By Jeff J. Brown Above: this political cartoon from The Economist was published when pro-reunification Ma Ying-Jiou was Taiwan’s President, through 2015, but the fundamental dynamics have not changed since pro-separatist Tsai Ing-Wen took his place: Baba Beijing and the People’s Republic of China hold all the cards. Note: When finished reading, listening to and/or…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Chinese President Xi Jinping thinking about how he can help his people and progress. Thousands of dollars are needed every year to pay for expensive anti-hacking systems, controls and…
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