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Comment on The Post-Taiwan Syndrome by Tina

Tina — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:43:34 +0000

At least in Beijing, you can get something closer to good Taiwanese food. You’d be dying if you were here where one gets excited about BAD Taiwanese food.

Comment on Why the U.S. is better than China by Tina

Tina — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:40:14 +0000

Oh, sorry, I didn’t mean to comment the same comment twice.

Comment on Why the U.S. is better than China by Tina

Tina — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:39:27 +0000

You received your package?! That’s even quicker than the USPS said! OK OK, I will stop complaining about the USPS.

Comment on Why the U.S. is better than China by Tina

Tina — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:38:14 +0000

Oh you got my package already?! That was way quicker than the USPS said! OK OK, I will stop complaining about the USPS.

Comment on Latest Internet meme is superficially heartening, still not empowering by Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:11:25 +0000

The post seems to have been removed, which is a shame because I didn’t get a chance to look at it.

At any rate, I did mention that the official reason Tan was tried was for comments he made about the Tiananmen Sqaure protests. I haven’t seen anything, at least in the Western media, about his ties to Falun Gong, which would certainly make him even more of a government target. Where did you find that?

Many of Tan’s supporters — and even neutral observers — think the real reason the Chinese government wants him behind bars is because of a few things:
1) there hasn’t been any sentences related to Tiananmen in a decade;
2) his comments were made overseas and largely went unnoticed, so any charges about inciting subversion seem like a dubious claim because certainly it couldn’t have been a serious effort that would merit 11 years in prison, which Tan’s lawyer says is the maximum possible;
3) he was arrested just before he was about to release the results of his independent investigation, which likely would have criticized and embarrassed the government; and
4) Huang Qi was arrested in 2008 for his attempts to hold the government accountable for the deaths of thousands of children.

Comment on Latest Internet meme is superficially heartening, still not empowering by chas

chas — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:16:42 +0000

Johanna, here’s Tan’s court verdict:

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_505ece690100ijqy.html

it seems to single out Tan working with overseas Falun Gong media outlet Sound of Hope (funded by US government via the NED, Friends of Falun Gong run by NED veteran Ambassador Mark Palmer) on their 6/4 propaganda.

His Sichuan quake investigation is not what got him in trouble.

Comment on Quote of the day by Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:05:12 +0000

They did leave the country for a reason, right?

Comment on Quote of the day by Connie

Connie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:02:47 +0000

My parents don’t understand why I’m not obsessed with the Motherland. They think I should keep an open mind and want to go back permanently.

Comment on International Food: Mochi ice cream by Elisa

Elisa — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:15:07 +0000

Well, Shanghai’s the place to be ;) but back to topic, don’t know mochi ice cream yet but it looks yummy!

Comment on Finally by Pang Li

Pang Li — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:34:17 +0000

Great! So glad to know that you have gone through all these procedures and I will see you very soon! Please let me know when you arrive in China.

Happy birthday to your mom!