Nothing like a good op-ed piece and a national birthday to reawaken my pro-China inclinations. The Grand Parade was certainly magnificent (you can always count on China to put on an over-the-top spectacle), but still super dry and hella boring. The only highlights were: When, during the flag-raising ceremony, the soldier threw the flag into […]
First, comparisons to last year’s riots (“protests”) in Tibet focused on the media’s bias in naming the incidents, which led to speculation that discrepencies in reporting may be because Tibetans are peaceful Buddhists and Uyghurs are Muslims. Now, Glenn Greenwald is lamenting that if only Uyghurs were Christian, the Chinese government would be much more easily […]
Haaretz, one of Israel’s leading newspapers known for its elitist and liberal readership, tried a bold little experiment earlier this month. It sent 31 of the country’s finest literary authors out to cover the day’s news in lieu of its usual reporting staff. It’s no secret that the news business is in crisis, which many […]