Comments on: Friday Links: Mo Yan’s controversial statements about censorship, optimism around Xi Jinping as anti-graft campaign expands, and book recommendations

By: John

John — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 07:40:35 +0000

Love the link to Russ’ post on WSJ. Jonas and I took his courses when we were students here 5 years ago, at UIBE. The man is a living legend.

By: The Tao

The Tao — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:37:16 +0000

Someday you’ll have to explain why you dislike basketball so much. It is, you know, the most popular sport here by some metrics.

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:28:12 +0000

What is the official rate of corruption among public officials in China? I seem to recall reading recently that it was 61%. Does that sound about right?

I’ll believe Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign is legit when he sacks 61% of the CCP membership, or about 50 million cadres.

Taking down a few high-level chickens will do nothing to scare 50 million rampaging monkeys, and Xi knows it.

Indeed, if he were really serious, he’d be informing the Chinese public how his sister and other kin managed to accumulate hundreds of millions of dollars from sweetheart business deals and government contracts.

What, the paper that published that report is still blocked in China? Right. Nothing to see here, folks, move along!

By: King Tubby

King Tubby — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:56:49 +0000

A good roundup Mon General, which would be further improved with a Sex and Sleaze entry plus supporting images.

It will be interesting to see if SinoScoop measures up to its mission statement.

Finally, give your basketball entries a big miss: football is the world game and Sino football is the class fool.

By: DVD

DVD — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:01:16 +0000

莫言说希望刘小波能尽早出狱，这跟释放刘晓波是两个意思，有人篡改眼睛都不眨一下