By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: the newest addition to the pantheon of world maps is the Hao projection, which favors studying China’s ambitious Asia-Africa centric Belt and Road Initiative. Do your friends, family and colleagues a favor…
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: 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: Dr. Kevin Barrett and his Truth Jihad Radio Show. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), as well as being syndicated on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (links below), [dropcap]D[/dropcap]r. Kevin Barrett, host of Truth Jihad Radio invited me on his show this morning to…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Ms. Deena Stryker and her latest book, Russia’s Americans. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), as well as being syndicated on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (links below), [dropcap] T [/dropcap]his is the third book I’ve read, written by Ms. Deena Stryker. The…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: today’s guest is Hiroyuki Hamada, left, with 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] A [/dropcap]s a close collaborator with Patrice Greanville, Editor-in-Chief at The Greanville…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Western circulated photo of “Chinese famine”. Images don’t lie, they say, but erasing context does—an old Western technique. As explained by Wikipedia, rarely an impartial source, The Great Chinese Famine (1959—1961) “was caused by social pressure, economic mismanagement, and radical changes in agriculture in addition to weather conditions and…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un is on the left and his Chinese counterpart is Xi Jinping on the right, during their surprise meeting last week in Dalian, China. They obviously have a lot to smile and laugh about. Times are good, the future looks bright and US President Donald Trump…
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 Picture above: DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un, left, and ROK President Moon Jae-in, right, holding hands in symbolic reunification, while stepping back and forth over the USA’s artificially enforced border along the 38th parallel. The world will be changed forever if the Peninsula reunifies. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of…
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