Tag Archives: China

Many Happy Returns, Or, The Return Of The Chinacutioner

Posted on October 28, 2016 by nathanalbright

As I commented last night [1], one of the errands I had after an exhausting and long journey back from Europe was to deal with a laptop that I had purchased three weeks ago just before the Feast that had … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Candidate

Posted on October 27, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Candidate:  A Newsmakers Novel, by Liz Wiehl with Sebastian Stuart [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishing.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This book manages to do what might seem impossible, find … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Firefly Role-Playing Game

Posted on September 20, 2016 by nathanalbright

Firefly Role-Playing Game, Gaming In The ‘Verse:  Core Book, by Monica Valentinelli, Mark Diaz Truman, Brendan Conway, Dean Gilbert, and Jack Norris For those browncoats who are sufficiently passionate about the world of Firefly [1] that they are willing to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mastering The Art Of War

Posted on July 10, 2016 by nathanalbright

Mastering The Art Of War:  Zhuge Liang’s and Liu Ji’s commentaries on the classic by Sun Tzu, translated and edited by Thomas Cleary Although this is a short book, and likely a very obscure one, this book is a worthwhile … Continue reading →

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I Came Not To Bring Peace, But A Sword: Some Thoughts On China’s Rise

Posted on May 30, 2016 by nathanalbright

[Note: This post was written for an online class on China’s Rise, and was supposed to be around 500 words. Without such space limitations I would have gone into far greater detail, but I thought it worthwhile to share my … Continue reading →

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Laogai Archipelago

Posted on April 29, 2016 by nathanalbright

Although it is hard to acknowledge the lives of all who are worthy of being remembered for one reason or another [1], at times a life ends that is so striking that it requires notice. Such was the life of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Solutions: 2016

Posted on April 2, 2016 by nathanalbright

Solutions: 2016, by The Heritage Foundation [Note: I received this book freely from The Heritage Foundation, without obligation to post a review on it.] As a fairly wonkish person of generally conservative political inclinations, this wonkish book from conservative think-tank … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Rape Of Nanking

Posted on March 26, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II, by Iris Chang It is immensely shocking that this book, which was published in 1997, and which I acquired as part of the books on discount at a Portland-area … Continue reading →

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Your Stay On The Mainland Will Likely Be Of Some Duration

Posted on February 11, 2016 by nathanalbright

A few days ago, I happened to see an online article that discussed a series of disappearances connected to a small independent bookstore in Hong Kong that dealt in books of a sensitive political nature that are banned on the … Continue reading →

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Pick A Star On The Dark Horizon, And Follow The Light

Posted on November 24, 2015 by nathanalbright

This morning, after scraping the ice off of my car windows well enough so that I could see where I was driving, I was reminded of the tendency of weathermen to be somewhat alarmist in their predictions, while attempting to … Continue reading →

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