Chinese officials disclose new ‘banned-topic list’ in time for national and party conferences.

According to Asia Media:
“Mainland media authorities have marked out 20 forbidden areas in an attempt to promote a “harmonious” atmosphere for upcoming national and party conferences.”
What topics, you may ask, made the list?
1) Cultural Revolution (at least any aspect of it that could call Mao or and party’s accomplishments into question.
2) Anti-rightist campaign
3) Judicial corruption
4) [...]

Awkward

It’s always awkward starting a blog. I get a feeling that’s something like, “am I just writing to myself? If so, ok, but if other people are reading this, I’m really letting them down. This is such a shitty post.” So, that’s what I’m experiencing right now, and the fact that I’ve felt this before [...]