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Monthly Archives: June 2008
IMG_0188 2_edit/Musee D’Orsay
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_0188 2_edit/Musee D’Orsay, originally uploaded by monkeyking. i thought about taking pictures of the art, like … Continue reading
Free Tibetter at the Euro Cup
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Getting rid of the sand in the Yellow River (some pictures)
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Sichuan officials punished for earthquake relief related issues
Just saw this on Sina. In the city of Ya’An in Sichuan has “fired” three township level party secretaries and given serious warnings to several other cadres. This was over irregularities in how the relief efforts were coordinated and handled; … Continue reading
Jiaxing: Thieves in the ceilings
The title piqued my interest: a thief in Jiaxing had been living in the area above the ceiling of a hotpot restaurant, in an area that was almost 600 square meters and was also above a fast food restaurant and … Continue reading
Should Chinese teachers protect their students?
The Ministry of Education in China is getting around to revising its code of ethics of teachers, and this time around they are thinking about including “protecting students,” a move no doubt in part spurred by the memory of teachers … Continue reading
pompidou centre, paris
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pompidou centre, paris, originally uploaded by monkeyking. The cafe looked really nice, but I didnt even … Continue reading
smoking man in front of Hotel De Ville
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } smoking man in front of Hotel De Ville, originally uploaded by monkeyking. Picture i took yesterday … Continue reading
China and the “semantic field” in which democracy moves
This French website of ideas and culture has, thankfully, an English section* and in it an essay enttiled “Democratic Universalism as a Historical Problem”. In that I found the following passage: Hamilton thus spoke of the “vices of democracy” and … Continue reading
Ochlocracy—my Pee Wee word of the day
Ochlocracy (Greek: ?????????? or okhlokratía; Latin: ochlocratia) is government by mob or a mass of people, or the intimidation of constitutional authorities. In English, the word mobocracy is sometimes used as a synonym. As a pejorative for majoritarianism, it’s akin … Continue reading