(Image from https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-14/chinas-xi-expresses-support-for-iran-amid-western-pressure) Watching Venezuelans continue their courageous fight for free and fair elections, and seeing Iranians risk their lives to resist an extremist regime, I am reminded that the desire for dignity, freedom, and self-determination is universal. These people are not driven by ideology or geopolitics; they are driven by the simple human need […]
Tag: Democracy in China
I called my ailing parents in China last night. They were worried about me because the Chinese state media has been relentlessly broadcasting reports that the Trump administration is deporting non-U.S. citizens in a harsh and inhumane manner. My father told me that his friends kept asking whether I was safe. “Ba ba,” I reassured […]
Most Chinese think of Confucianism as a philosophy rather than a religion. Confucius, who lived around 2,500 years ago, laid the foundation for Chinese culture and tradition through his teachings. For thousands of years, his doctrine deeply shaped societal values. After the Communist Party came to power, though, Confucianism fell out of favor. During the […]
During the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in San Francisco, California, many U.S. executives spent $40,000 to dine with Chinese President Xi at a business dinner. At the same time, Chinese diplomats paid patriotic flag-wavers (about $200 per person) to greet Xi as his convoy arrived in San Francisco; nearly 1,000 flag-wavers, mostly overseas […]
Every year, as June 4 approaches, I write articles to commemorate the 1989 pro-democracy student movement in China. The Tiananmen Massacre occurred on June 4th, 34 years ago. As a Chinese living outside of China, I have the privilege of “witnessing” the amazing courage of Tank Man and learning the true history of the event. […]
“History is a good place to visit, but a hard place to stay.” Pastor Foster of the New Life Assembly of God in Ohio often said this to us during his services. In this blog, I would like to visit briefly the Third Reich of the Nazi Germany and look at the potential danger of […]
Killing the chicken to scare the monkey is a popular Chinese idiom. The idiom came from an old folktale. In the story, a street entertainer earned a lot of money with his dancing monkey, but one day his monkey refused to dance. Then, the entertainer killed a live chicken in front of the monkey. The […]
I grew up during Mao’s regime. In 1949, Mao Zedong, or Chairman Mao, brought the Communist regime to power in China. As a leader of communism, Mao was often ranked after Karl Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. During the first decade of the regime, Mao launched several political movements to take away people’s properties such as […]
This year marks a dark milestone in human history – the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its 100th birthday. On July 1st, 1921, the CCP was founded in China, using Marxism as its underpinning. How did Marxism brew a hundred-year evil regime in China? This should be a big research question, but I want to […]
I graduated from Peking University in 1989. Just a few years ago, when I arrived in the U.S., a friend of mine asked me about Tank Man. “Tank Man?” – I shook my head; he could have as well be talking about E.T. “Tank who? What are you talking about?” I asked with a perplexed […]