By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Ramin is right to be worried that too many Chinese have marginalized their revolutionary, communist-socialist roots. Luckily, Xi Jinping and the Communist Party of China sensed it too, and starting in 2012, they began to address this issue. I will respond to Ramin’s whole series and this question in…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: The ceremony to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of Marx was held in Beijing, May 4, 2018. PHOTO BY XINHUA REPORTER JU PENG Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), YouTube video, as well as being syndicated on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, RUvid and Ivoox (links below), [dropcap]…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above, the country of China, 1839-1949, personified as this typical 19th century opium addict: emaciated, weak and mentally incoherent. No wonder Western capitalism was able to sodomize the Chinese people, their economy and government for 110 years, by addicting one-fourth of the population to opium (and later morphine), about…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: All US presidents are members of a very exclusive club, privilege, sycophancy, and fame writ large, but also, unpunished Nuremberg class criminals who should be hung for nonstop genocide, expropriation and exploitation. You can start with George Washington. Crosslinked with: The Greanville Post is the best anti-imperial website, bar…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Mao is genuinely popular and loved by most Chinese, and statues are not uncommon nor regarded as a sign of “cult of personality” adoration, as intimated in the West. Crosslinked with: The Greanville Post is the best anti-imperial website, bar none. Sign up for the free newsletter… https://www.greanvillepost.com/2018/04/13/when-chinese-trash-saved-the-world-western-lies-about-the-cultural-revolution/ The…
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 Pictured above: Looking back at the rocky, mutually suspecting and disrespecting relations between Russia’s and China’s leaders, 1917-2000, this photo speaks volumes about the depth of Putin’s and Xi’s mutual friendship and the importance of Sino-Russian cooperation on the world stage, highlighted at last week’s SCO summit in Qingdao. They are…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: everyone wants to bash Trump for honoring his election campaign promises to the US’s citizens. But nothing has changed since China’s communist liberation in 1949. Hats off to SCMP for a great political cartoon. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), as well as being…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above, guest James Bradley on the left and China Rising Radio Sinoland host Jeff J. Brown on the right. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), as well as being syndicated on iTunes and Stitcher Radio, (links below) [dropcap] P [/dropcap]lease join me today on China Rising…
By Jeff J. Brown Above: Lon Chaney acting in Phantom of the Opera, unmasked, channeling Western Empire (Image by wikipedia.org) Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), as well as being syndicated on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (links below), Note: to honor the establishment of the nascent Bioweapons Truth Commission (BWTC: https://chinarising.puntopress.com/2018/06/25/bioweapon-truth-commission-and-global-online-library-bwtc-gol-www-bioweapontruth-com/)…
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