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Trivial Pursuit With Chairman Mao

Markus Horak wrote 2 weeks ago: Does anyone know, or care, what Richard Nixon’s favorite pork dish was, or Gerald Ford’s most-loved … more →

Tags: Travel, Culture, Business, Chairman Mao, Mao Zedong, cult of mao, cultural revolution, Hong Shao Rou, braised red pork

Activity: Mao Zedong's Report Card 5 comments

comfashionate wrote 2 months ago: One of the most interesting and, quite frankly, fun assignments I did when I was studying Chinese hi … more →

Tags: Chapter 20: Planning the New Society, Chapter 21: Deepening the Revolution, Chapter 22: Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong, activities, hundred flowers campaign, cultural revolution, capitalism, communism

Yet another WTF moment1 comment

Phineas Fahrquar wrote 3 months ago: The Chinese Communist government is responsible for the deaths of roughly 50-60 million of its own p … more →

Tags: Foreign Affairs, China, Tiananmen Square, Famine, Empire State Building, Massacre, Anniversaries, New York City

Meet Thomas Friedman, Liberal Fascist4 comments

Phineas Fahrquar wrote 3 months ago: Years ago, I used to enjoy Thomas Friedman’s columns in the New York Times. Back then, he stru … more →

Tags: Liberty, Stuck on Stupid, Fascism, China, genocide, Statism, Liberal Fascism, Liberal Fascism, Thomas Friedman

Socialism and Reversal in China’s Countryside: From Great Leap to Flying Leap Part 2 of 511 comments

monkeysmashesheaven wrote 5 months ago: Socialism and Reversal in China’s Countryside: From Great Leap to Flying Leap Part 2 of 5 by Prairie … more →

Tags: prairie fire, China, communism, cultural revolution, Economics, History, Maoism, Maoism- Third Worldism, maoïsme

Socialism and Reversal in China’s Countryside: From Great Leap to Flying Leap to Reversal Part 1 of 51 comment

monkeysmashesheaven wrote 5 months ago: Socialism and Reversal in China’s Countryside: From Great Leap to Flying Leap to Reversal Part 1 of … more →

Tags: prairie fire, Asia, China, communism, cultural revolution, Economics, History, Maoism, Maoism- Third Worldism

Great Leap Forward on Green Energy

Arlanjio wrote 6 months ago: This week, while Congress is trying to rush through the cap-and-trade legislation, President Obama i … more →

Tags: Environment, Politics, Economy, President, obama, climate change, Global Warming, China, Energy

Live organ transplants2 comments

Troy Grisgonelle wrote 9 months ago: This isn’t a reference to the Monty Python skit. Kevin Rudd recently met with Li Changchun, th … more →

Tags: Society & Culture, History, Philosophy, China, Falun gong, Falun Dafa, organ transplants, Kevin Rudd, Rio Tinto

The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

jefdun wrote 12 months ago: Buy your Yo-Yo Ma: The Essential Yo-Yo Ma CD at the official NBC Store Here are three dozen pieces o … more →

Tags: yo-yo ma, Lorin Maazel, Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic

My Thoughts on the Economy: To (In)finity and Beyond!3 comments

Mark wrote 1 year ago: As a teacher I have been frantically trying to understand the economic situation of the last several … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, annie leonard, Auto Industry, Bailout, credit crisis, Economy, Great Depression, Infinity, mao

Holiday Gifts of Childrens Books

bookroomreviews wrote 1 year ago: Rutherford B. Hayes Middle School will never be the same. Danika is in deep trouble for hitting Mrs. … more →

Tags: Holiday Gift Guide 2008, Children's Books, China, Shopping, Kids and Teens, School Time, united states, Rosetta Stone, Fred Penner

Troubling; Another step towards socialism...3 comments

clancop wrote 1 year ago: I had discussed my fears of an Obama presidency before, but I believe many are still not listening. … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Michelle Malkin, Ed Morrissey, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, five year plan, Change.gov

Sarah Palin Mao

yqbnerd wrote 1 year ago: I think I should start tagging my posts. In fact, I should go back and retroactively tag them, but I … more →

Tags: Politics, Lego, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Madame Mao, Chairman Mao, Domestic Policy, cultural revolution, domestic energy crisis

Human Rights Facts (43): Genocide29 comments

Filip Spagnoli wrote 1 year ago: (photo showing the excavation of mass graves in Srebrenica) What is genocide? Genocide is the delibe … more →

Tags: human rights facts, discrimination and hate, Horror, Crime, Religion, Intervention, China, genocide, Rwanda

Pointless plants, needless burden2 comments

Awzar Thi wrote 1 year ago: Around the suburbs of Rangoon small scraggly bushes now occupy plots of land that once were used for … more →

Tags: Burma, Dictatorship, Economy, Human Rights, Myanmar, Other countries, poverty, UPI, China

许三观卖血记

alvinology wrote 2 years ago: This book is written by modern Chinese literature writer, Yu Hua (余华) and tells the story of a guy c … more →

Tags: Random musings, Books, intellectual, 许三观卖血记, 余华, Modern Chinese Literature, yu hua, cultural revolution, Chairman Mao

Branding news from China: You may be able to Yao but you certainly can’t Mao1 comment

collateraldamage wrote 3 years ago: The Shanghai Daily news reports that a condom seller has been closed down for selling products in … more →

Tags: China, Brand Issues, china television, menses, Chinese Socialist Realism, Condom, birth control, yao ming


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