Archive for June, 2009

June 4th Is Coming Soon…

June 3, 2009
By C. Custer

…and the government is preempting it by blocking everything and arresting some people. Among the victims are Wu Gaoxing, a “prominent dissident”, as well as websites Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, and Microsoft’s new search engine Bing (how did anyone even notice this was blocked?). You might already be aware, as there are more than a...
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Ai Weiwei Updates: Two Posts

June 1, 2009
By C. Custer
Ai Weiwei Updates: Two Posts

You can see, in the face of disaster the people of Shifang are tenacious, and under the great leadership of the Party, the rebuilding process is flourishing! Mr. Li! You once were a member of the Communist Youth League, and grew up accepting the education of the Party. Wherever the Party says we should...
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"Government Historians' Ten Minute Speed Program"

June 1, 2009
By C. Custer
"Government Historians' Ten Minute Speed Program"

Every failed revolution failed because of lack of correct guidance on political theory, making the mistake of leaning too far left or right, not first joining the Party leadership, not founding and consolidating a worker-peasant alliance, etc. If it's not one of those reasons, it's definitely that the counterrevolutionary forces were too strong, Chinese...
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