John Fitzpatrick. About New China, the Koreas, Myanmar, Thailand, and also about Japanese and Chinese writers and poets. The main emphasis is on North Asia and the political tectonics of this very important, powerful, and many-peopled area.
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
It's interesting that Julian Assange's bullied plight, as an Australian citizen, is of far more concern to democratically minded people all over the world than it is to the Prime Minister and Government of Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's notion that he is a criminal because the Americans say so really defines us as good little servant-helpers without conscience or care for our own.
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