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  • Dongsheng News on China

    Much of this we know.  Yet it is good to see it from a Chinese perspective and what they consider valuable to report.

    Here’s a video of Chinese people singing “Amani” (1991) by Beyond, a popular Chinese rock band from Hong Kong. The title of the anti-war anthem means “peace” in Swahili and is sung here… Continue reading

  • Overcapacity, the new anti-China narrative

    Spring Morning
    “I wake up with the sun up high
    Birds chirp everywhere in the sky
    Last night a rainstorm passed by
    Flowers must have fallen down.”

    By Dongsheng (Eastern Voices) News on China.

    This week we would like to recommend to you a Chinese song from 1967 called Bravely March On, Arab People! (奋勇前进,阿拉伯人民) in support of the pan-Arab movement.

    If you don’t… Continue reading

  • Why are there no slums in China?

    Our China piece this week is from Dongsheng News:

    With over 20 million inhabitants each, Shanghai and Beijing are among the “hypercities” of the Global South, including Delhi, São Paulo, Dhaka, Cairo, and Mexico City, far surpassing the “megacities” of the Global North like London, Paris, or New York1. Walking the streets in China’s cities, you… Continue reading

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  • 2 Minutes News on China

    And a little more from Godfree Robert’s newsletter:

    For America to be displaced by an Asian people long despised and dismissed with contempt as decadent, feeble, corrupt and inept, is emotionally very difficult to accept. The sense of cultural supremacy of the Americans will make this adjustment most difficult. Lee Kuan Yew

    Two-Track Diplomacy

    Though our media are understandably reluctant… Continue reading

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