The Needless (and Dangerous) Mystification of China
Westerners have a habit of making China seem more mysterious than it actually is, and dressing up their vapid or commonplace ideas in an aura of Chinese mystique.
Westerners have a habit of making China seem more mysterious than it actually is, and dressing up their vapid or commonplace ideas in an aura of Chinese mystique.
There are some dictators to whom one must concede a certain Mephistophelian dignity. Najib isn’t one of them. Look at his ridiculous face – he doesn’t even inspire fear.
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Persecuted by Muslims for centuries and squeezed by the forces of assimilation and modernity, the Kalasha are on the verge of extinction.
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China is the biggest oppressor of Chinese people today. Those who claim to care about them should oppose it.