By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: my Sun Yat-Sen hat I wear, to which I have pinned the iconic Mao Zedong silhouette badge. Below his bust is his famous mantra, “Serve the People”, written in his very recognizable calligraphic style. Many people do not notice, but on the back is the millennial governance motto, “Preserve…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: a sign posted in a Macanese taxi driver’s car. It says, “Solo Hongkongers supporting dogs are not allowed to ride”, with the obvious suggestion that they are in fact dogs. “Solo” in this case means the rioters, who do not represent the moral majority, thus they are isolated. At…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: left to right, a depiction of the famous allegorical story of Confucius, Laozi and Buddha each tasting vinegar in a vat, and the interpretation of their results. Today’s Hong Kong could be represented by the…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Sidney Rittenberg is a rare American who worked in the upper echelons of China’s pre- and post-liberation government. Here he is in 1966, with Mao Zedong autographing a copy of The Little Red Book. Do your friends, family and…
By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: selfishness is anathema to the world’s Indigenous Nations, as well as for China and all other communal, communist-socialist peoples. Native Americans saw their numbers reduced from 100 million to 10 million citizens, as a result of the West’s genocidal rape and plunder of North, Central and South America. Imperial…
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: 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 Picture above: Western garbage arriving to Shenzhen’s port, just a few kilometers from where I live. I don’t want the West’s waste coming into my amazing and beautiful city, and neither do China’s 1.4 billion citizens into theirs. Send it back where it belongs! Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom…
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: there’s gold (and silver) in them there Chinese banks, Jethro! A China Construction Bank (CCB) banner ad for Year of the Dog themed gold items to buy, in Shenzhen’s busiest metro station. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), as well as being syndicated on iTunes and…
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