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.
Friday, 17 March 2017
Mental Health De-briefing, Wang-Fitzpatrick style... John: "Well i looked after a bunch of seriously mentally upset patients overnight and they had all gone through terrible violent traumas, some traumas a long time ago, and some recent...and the big concern was that they would kill themselves or... someone else..." Response from Han step-daughter "They should try going to a good primary school in China for a few days...even a kindergarten, if they want to go on and on about rape and violence and all that. Or just send them to our neighbours in North Korea. They build strong people." John: "Well...now that's interesting..." Step-daughter: "The only reason you are so strong and sane is because you married a Han-Manchurian woman." John: "Well, yes, there is that...but, at the same time..." Step-daughter: "If you know who you are, then how can anything or anyone stop you? Why is the West so fxxxd up? Life is hard and unjust. This is why it means something. You don't start life as strong and beautiful, no one does. Life makes you strong and beautiful, because you make life strong and beautiful." Ah, China, the Collective Wisdom rather than the Individualist Consuming Need...I wish her well. I think she will do quite well here at 25 and bright as a button.
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