Long Live Horses and Shoes!

Celtic-Chinese – Time for the Horse-Shoe Feng Shui! (2.11.2024)

In return, we often march carrying the Red Flag of China in the UK – on the grounds that it belongs to humanity and the Working Class of the World! Due to fascism in the UK, the population is riddled with confusion and race-hate – what Marx termed a “false consciousness”. Difference is not a threat and should not be viewed as such. When you think of it, the Chinese people have so much to hate the West – and the British – about, but racism, (particularly retaliatory racism) is completely lacking in China (outside the false imaginings of the China-haters)! Superstitions are pointless, of course, but they can be fun! Horse-shoes are “good luck” – just like the Feng Shui placards the Chinese use!

Comrade Khamtai Siphandone

Laos – Buddhist-Socialist Republic – Party & State Leaders Congratulate Former Leader on 100th Birthday! (18.2.2024)

They wished Siphadone and his spouse good health, happiness and longevity to stay alongside the Lao Party and State leaders in steering the nation toward even greater achievements in renovation, national construction and defence; successfully implementing the Resolution of the LPRP’s 11th National Congress, and building a country that is peaceful, independent, democratic, united, and prosperous towards the goal of Socialism.

Mooncakes Are in Town! (22.9.2023)

In 2023 this will fall on Friday September 29th! This coincides with what is termed the ‘Chung Yeung’ Festival – where the graves of the ancestors are cleaned and tidied! In Putonghua this is pronounced as ‘Chong Yang’ (重陽) and refers to the ‘Double Nine’ attribute common in the Book of Changes (essentially a ‘double-yang’ line in a hexagram implying incredible good luck – doubled). What all this means – and there are many more stories – is that we eat Mooncakes and pay respect to our deceased ancestors – either at their graves or at a shrine – where incense-sticks are lit. Meanwhile, there is a beautiful woman, a Jade Rabbit and even a Master-Archer – who is able to shoot-down false ‘Moons’! Like most cultural aspects in traditional China – there is a complexity of integration, contradiction, paradox and reconciliation! The main point is to wish everybody Good Luck for the future!