I noted in my previous post - Avatar resonates in China - where standing up for property rights (and against "progress") can be downright subversive - that Avatar had hit a surprising chord in China. Perhaps not so surprisingly. China's censors have said they have seen enough of the band...
It looks as if James Cameron` s Avatar movie - which is seen by many in the West as predictibly shallow, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, pro-enviro and racially politically correct - has struck a home-owners` rights chord that is resonating in China, and may reinforce popular demands in China for...
In addressing in a recent post Rob Bradley `s claim to have a "high" level of readers, I was reminded that one of his best and most frequent commenters was a budding conservative, war-supporting "libertarian" who actually, in the past month that I`ve been banned from the blog, has...
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Sorry; this was too good not to share: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/china_celebrates_its_status_as . China has now outstripped the rest of the world in GHG emissions, as well. Government ownership of (and favoritism to) much of industry, a lack of clear or enforceable property rights and an...