tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post1295902188838773094..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Reflections on China’s Stalinist Heritage I: A Tyrant's ToolkitT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-73050674969018786982019-01-29T22:43:51.271-08:002019-01-29T22:43:51.271-08:00It was interesting to me that Mr. Garnault include...It was interesting to me that Mr. Garnault included the following sentence in his speech: "At the risk of being politically insensitive, it is totalitarian." He found it necessary to make a slight genuflection to the unseen agents of political correctness when describing Lenin, Stalin and Mao's communism. It will be hard to contest the CCP when even somebody who sees them as zednoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393904003566355274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-24466397716869977052019-01-20T07:19:27.183-08:002019-01-20T07:19:27.183-08:00The Soviet leader's name was "Khrushchev&...The Soviet leader's name was "Khrushchev"Susan Finderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04713694794299486807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-36434581578128781212019-01-19T07:41:33.179-08:002019-01-19T07:41:33.179-08:00"Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore all seem ..."Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore all seem to be client states of the US. What if the adoption of western values by non western nations leads to a loss of self confidence and assertiveness? "<br /><br />I don't think the Japanese or Koreans could be said to lack confidence and assertiveness about their culture. On the other hand, being much smaller countries they can't be Ji Xianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406727999722525339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-8142798441515533102019-01-18T13:19:13.762-08:002019-01-18T13:19:13.762-08:00Anon-
"Is it possible that China can hit upo...Anon-<br /><br />"Is it possible that China can hit upon a different path that fits its culture better than western values?"<br /><br />If the Party were content to let China develop its own political system in isolation, nothing. The trouble is that the way they conceive of threats to this system compels them to undermine the workings of other nations and the institutional safeguards T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-5462407509441499792019-01-18T08:32:18.672-08:002019-01-18T08:32:18.672-08:00I have read your blog for years, the quality has h...I have read your blog for years, the quality has held up well. <br /><br />We have not yet seen an Asian country that is wealthy, democratic and not an ally of the US. Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore all seem to be client states of the US. What if the adoption of western values by non western nations leads to a loss of self confidence and assertiveness? What is the problem with China wanting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-14584541586725587702019-01-18T06:55:13.341-08:002019-01-18T06:55:13.341-08:00The methods are similar to those used by Western a...The methods are similar to those used by Western advocates of political correctness. It would be interesting to know the historical connections.Lexington Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413546490641321620noreply@blogger.com