An avid reader, Tsai had little idea whether or not the volume was on his bookshelf. Nonetheless, after five days of fatiguing investigation -- no sleep, little water, constant questions -- he confessed that he might have owned the book, but insisted he had never read it. In the end, he would be acquitted of the main charge, but not before spending ( Read more... )

A superb post by an amateur paidhi, cutting through the fog of BS about China and debunking the notions of monolithic mindless servility no less than Oriental Cruelty™ and the Robin Hood Syndrome attitude that their lives are so wretched that if their culture is not changed it would be better off euthanized.

Although we are not likely to go to hot ( Read more... )