Politics

Commentary on an excellent interview on censorship in China.

Cross-Straits relations continue improving between the PRC and the ROC as the “One Country, Two Governments” policy is becoming a reality. There is only one major reminder of the days when these two political entities were arch-enemies: the giant signs on Xiamen and Kinmen’s Dadan Island.

An elbow to the gut produces a deeper questioning of the American political system.

Australian comedian vs. The State.

Nearly a quarter of a million Cambodians have fled Thailand in fear of a violent crackdown on undocumented workers by the new junta. Here’s the story of one such escape.

China hasn’t had a one child policy for an extended amount of time. But it’s family planning policies are still in effect, only this time they may not be of much use.

When it comes to civics and social studies, there can be a fine line between teaching students about their home country’s history and heritage and indoctrinating them with blind patriotism. Does this handout portraying the Yellow River as “the Mother River of China” cross the line?

What is so important about Hong Kong TV that 80,000 people would demonstrate against the government’s decision to deny them a broadcasting license? It’s more about what this scenario represents in a rapidly changing Hong Kong.

Not even the People’s Liberation Army is immune from the violence of the chengguan.