Email: Falun Gong Cult – Li Hongzhi – ‘Individuality’ is a Myth! (26.10.2022)

Of course, such inquisitive thinking is not allowed withiin the ‘Gong’ (they actually do refer to themselves like an ageing rock group) as it muddies the water – and so the organ of free thought is ‘snipped’ at its base-stem and trafficked around the oceans of the world – bopping up and down on the waves – until it accumulates at a location where the tides and currents meet! Once here, it is left to accrue like bird-crap on an unfortunately placed tombstone! Or, is it just a case of Li Hongzhi crapping not only on Chinese – but also Western culture?

Hate Crime Reports in U.S. Chicago Surge! (25.10.2022)

“The fear runs deep through some of Chicago’s most prominent communities: Black, Asian, LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender), and Jewish,” said ABC7 in its report of the data from the city’s Commission on Human Relations.

During the pandemic, Asian Americans faced increased incidents of bias-related attacks, noted the report, adding that eight of the 125 total hate crimes being investigated by Chicago police this year were against Asians, a number city leaders fear is far under-reported.

“The number of hate crimes reported in Chicago increased by 44 percent compared to this time in 2021,” said the report.

The state of Illinois has reactivated a group similar to the Human Rights Commission in Chicago, that is looking at ways to increase reporting of potential hate crimes, and strengthen legislation against offenders, it added.

China: History Classic (Shujing) and the Concept of ‘Time’! (22.9.2022)

Seldom does the West Treat non-Westerners with respect. Since 1945 and the rise of US dominance, this anti-intellectual approach has become far more prevalent, powerful and normalised! Racism is an ever threatening ogre lurking in the darkness – but in this short extract (in 1971) – Clae Williams ‘revitalises’ the ground breaking translation work of James Legge, who began the translation of the Chinese ‘Five Classic’ texts in the mid to late 1800s! Although both cultures (the West and East) are still learning about one another, Legge was able to ‘see beyond’ his own socio-economic and cultural conditioning, and ‘see into’ or profoundly ‘glimpse’ how the ancient Chinese people developed a distinct cultural view of the world! The following extract is an ‘Introduction’ written by the American ‘Clae Williams’ in 1969, his modernisation of the work of James Legge, with much of its content deriving from the ample notes left behind in the James Legge Library. The ‘Shujing’ (書經) or ‘Document Classic’ is often referred to in China as the ‘Book of History’ as the ‘Documents’ concerned are ‘Historical’ in nature recording Chinese history from around 2205 – 771 BCE. It is an interesting attempt by non-Chinese people to contextualise the Chinese cultural perception of the world!

Roundup: “Historic” Decline in US Life Expectancy Reveals System Problems, Inequality! (9.8.2022)

The COVID-19 is not solely to blame. Longstanding health problems — rooted in poverty, discrimination and poor access to health care — left Native Americans and Alaska Natives particularly vulnerable to the virus, said Ann Bullock, former director of diabetes treatment and prevention at the federal agency of Indian Health Service.

The non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native population experienced the greatest decline of life expectancy by 1.9 years between 2020 and 2021, according to NCHS report.

The cumulative decline since the pandemic started, more than 6.5 years on average, has brought life expectancy to 65 among Native Americans and Alaska Natives — on par with the figure for all Americans in 1944.

One in seven Native Americans and Alaska Natives has diabetes, the highest rate among racial or ethnic groups in the United States, and many struggle with obesity or excess weight. Both conditions make people more susceptible to severe COVID-19, and crowded multigenerational housing adds to the risk, said The New York Times.

China: Nation Steps Up Fight to Safeguard Cultural Relics! (7.8.2022)

The Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) is presented by the bias West as one giant wave of manic (physical) destruction throughout the entirety of China! This fits in well with the racialisation of the Chinese people – who are presented in Western media ‘as not quite human at all’! The ‘Cultural Revolution’ attacked one very important element of world imperialist domination – and that was the attitude of ‘bourgeois’ White dominance that lived on in China through elements of its institutions corrupted by the rhetoric of the right-wing ‘Nationalist’ government (defeated elements of which had invaded and took refuge on the island of Taiwan), and the survival of feudalistic and imperialistic tendencies! Yes, in some areas ‘old’ physical objects were attacked by over zealous youths (who mistook material objects for the ethereal ideas that produced them or that had become associated with them), but this was not everywhere, and neither was this behaviour continuous! The ‘Cultural Revolution’ possessed many progressive and positive elements that benefitted the people of China! Today, the ‘Cultural Revolution’ continuous with the preservation of of ancient artefacts as the racist bourgeois (and ‘imperialistic’) attitudes have been thoroughly defeated! There is nothing to fear from the material past and everything to learn!

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