By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: my mother enjoying a trip with us to France in 1995, pensive and laughing. She also visited us in Algeria and China, so got a chance to see some of the world. She was a blast to be with, loved life and to say that she was a real…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: John Rachel, writer extraordinaire, contemplating the human condition in a Zen Buddhist temple. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), YouTube video, as well as being syndicated on…
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: Pres. Xi reviewing honor guard. A highly qualified statesman for our troubled times. Crosslinked with: The Greanville Post is the best anti-imperial website, bar none. Sign up for the free newsletter… https://www.greanvillepost.com/2018/05/14/do-you-prefer-the-1-or-the-party-or-why-china-wins/ The Saker provides the best coverage of all things Russia, bar none. Add it to your favorites… http://thesaker.is/do-you-prefer-the-1-or-the-party-or-why-china-wins/…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: schematic to show how much land each rural China citizen has to grow food, crops, make a living and provide for themselves: only 45 meters by 45 meters. You try it. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), YouTube video, as well as being syndicated on…
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: the mosque in our former Beijing neighborhood, with its prominent, onion-shaped dome, so commonly seen in the Middle East. If it’s changed in the last two years, that will help determine how much the government intends to standardize the look of China’s Muslim houses of worship. Downloadable…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Baby Wang may be crying, but hundreds of millions of Chinese parents are even more upset by China’s vaccine scandal. Corporate and government heads are going to roll, literally. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), YouTube video, as well as being syndicated on iTunes, Stitcher…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: my daughter, Chara Brown, appearing on a hugely popular national TV show in China. 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] M [/dropcap]y family and I lived in China…
By Jeff J. Brown Picture above: Today’s guest is David Pear on the left and China Rising Radio Sinoland host Jeff J. Brown is 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] I [/dropcap]n the first book…
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