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, 20 November 2019
Bonkers in Hongkers:Hopefully the run of 'self harm' protest activities in Hong Kong will settle down now. The Chinese government certainly won't interfere in problems that are the making of Hong Kong folk. That's what living in an autonomous province of China is really all about. Expecting the world to save you from having a good life is an odd and self-destructive wish indeed. The human condition is like this sometimes.
Thursday, 14 November 2019
HONKERS:I guess my level of understanding of the situation in Hong Kong is that a lot, but not most people there, especially the young, are going through what we would call the phenomenon of "Self Harm" perhaps because of bizarre goal driven parenting and a sense of lack of personal esteem, and a feeling of unworthiness of the self. That would explain the protests pretty well. In the long term, and it will be very long term, the government should really invest more in mental health services and in the well being of its young folk facing the same changes young folk everywhere face these days. Its getting a bit "Lord of the Flies" there just now.
I told you so. The Chinese Government will NOT interfere in the Hong Kong situation. Yes, Honkers can pull itself to pieces and hate itself for being Chinese, but, it still is Chinese, and it still is China. Hong Kong has real Autonomy, and this is what they are doing with it. Attacking and destroying themselves. "We will destroy everything, our own future, please, please, attack us! Control us so that we may be martyrs!" Nope. You're just being very very silly. Do what you want, destroy what there is to destroy of yourselves. Take a decade. That's up to you. No one else in China is actively trying to destroy themselves, they're too busy having reasonably good and improving lives, going to work, educating the kids, getting 5G and 6G, connecting up with the world, eating steak and drinking Penfolds Grange Hermitage and buying gold, and sending the bright kids off to good universities in the USA and the UK and in Beijing and Japan and Germany. Be as poor and vicious and as exceptional as you need to be.
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Well done, players! Today was a Great Win! Every now and again, though rarely, Australia achieves something. Today, equal pay parity between the professional Australian Womens Football (Soccer) Teams and the Mens teams. That's good...and the womens team are much better quality players too. About time! Well done Australia! Well done Australian Womens Football collective-union! The money is there if you are prepared to fight for it and take it. That's a hefty healthy wage! More power to you! That's the World Game!
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