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: People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier saluting Chinese flag, during the daily raising and lowering ceremony, at their base on Hong Kong’s Stonecutters Island. The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests are the CIA’s color revolution template, that has been successfully used around the world for the last 30 years to destroy…
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: 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 Hey, I have a great idea. Let’s start a letter writing campaign to ask President Trump to make Aretha Franklin the US ambassador to China. Baba Beijing and the citizens of this largely misunderstood country would surely appreciate the respect conferred. Audio podcast, Video podcast, [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n general, the…
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