By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above, Wilfred Burchett, being relatable to the people in the West’s killing fields of Vietnam or Cambodia, circa late 1960s. Notice how he was embedded with the genocidal American troops, so he could send censored articles to the CIA’s New York Times and Washington Post for final propaganda touch-ups. His…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above and entitled “The only thing they respect or fear”, this is a wonderful Thomas Nast political cartoon back in the glory days when Harper’s Weekly brilliantly captured America’s sociopolitical zeitgeist, for better and for worst. This cartoon cover, dated October 21st, 1871, is taking down the egregiously corrupt members…
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 Above, on the left, is my charity fair stand in Shenzhen to sell The China Trilogy (http://chinarising.puntopress.com/2017/05/19/the-china-trilogy/) and my English language learning book, Doctor WriteRead (https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-WriteReads-Treasure-Trove-English/dp/150780072X/). There are always several of these seasonal bazaars for vendors to get together and help raise money for a good cause. It was a fun…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: the speech that changed the world forever, Mao Zedong’s proclamation of liberation, on October 1st, 1949. Bordering countries, such as Afghanistan, Myanmar, Korea, Vietnam, Laos and nearby Cambodia have suffered the…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Mao Zedong’s death not only shook China, it shook the whole world, since he was 20th century’s most influential world leader. I didn’t say the best, since that is very much…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Chinese solar farm built over water. Thousands of dollars are needed every year to pay for expensive anti-hacking systems, controls and monitoring. This website has to defend itself from…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Deng honored on a billboard after his death. It says, “Uphold the Party’s Fundamental Principles – Don’t Waver for a Hundred Years”. He was a committed communist and ardent supporter of…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Left to right, all together now: Russian President Putin, Indian Prime Minister Modi, Brazilian President Rousseff, Chinese President Xi and South African President Zuma. BRICS is the West’s worst nightmare. (image…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown From left to right, a decorated WWII veteran, Mrs. Xi Jinping, President Xi of China, President Vladimir Putin, another WWII veteran and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev (image by www.xinhuanet.com) …
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