Was the British Empire a ‘good thing’? Does it matter now, anyway? A few years before I was born, the British Empire occupied the largest land area in its history. It covered roughly one-quarter of...
“Everyone is up” means common prosperity. Common prosperity also means “everyone can go up”. Some people moving up while others remain in the same position or go down, is uneven social mobility. Many...
What an imposing title! And how dare I, not a scientist, anthropologist, or other expert, presume even to comment? Scientists do the real work and come to their academic conclusions. Each...
If you read my blog, you will know my views about the media. I consider the western media, especially, to be sloppy, inaccurate, biased, and trivial. They focus on negative news and dramatize it to...
This week, we have two articles from academics. The first compares Chinese Governance with that of some western countries. The second looks at the latest announcement from the Chinese Communist Party and how...
Our first news story this week is about a book examining how ‘maleness’ is exhibited in China. Since the 80s, many books have been published examining the social status of Chinese women, but the research on...
This week’s news has stories about China and about Hong Kong. Alex Lo, of the South China Morning Post give a succinct and lucid analysis of the recent changes in China. He comments how these have caused...
