By Sabin Geyman In A Time for War, Michael Savage’s wake-up call about the Communist Chinese threat to America, the ethno-botanist-turned-radio-host serves up an absorbing story of civilization-butting intrigue. In a nutshell, the point of the story, based largely in fact, is that the Chinese Communists (Chicoms) are not so much a potential threat as […]
China: Prostituting to Defend Sex Workers’ Rights
Written by Oiwan Lam Well-known blogger and feminist activist Ye Haiyan, also known as Liumang Yan (Hooligan Sparrow), decided to provide sexual services to rural peasant workers on January 11 in defense of sex workers’ rights after she witnessed a recent raid by police officers in a brothel in Guangxi province. Liu wrote about her day of […]
In China, Another Failed Grassroots Election
Written by Oiwan Lam, Global Voices A retired worker from Jiangxi province, China, Liu Ping, had decided to run an economic justice campaign in the grassroots level election for her local seat in China’s People’s Congress. In the process, she and her supporters have been harassed by local police and on May 13, 2011, she […]
Buddhism is an Eastern Way of Life Appealing to Westerners
By Jessica Porter Scarlett Sams works in a Presbyterian Church during the day, but on Thursday nights she attends a meeting of Tibetan Buddhist’s at Ekoji Buddhist Sangha in Richmond, Va. She is a part of a growing Buddhist movement in the United States of every day Americans finding comfort in this Eastern tradition. “It’s […]
A Quartet of disparities: Imelda, Cory, Miriam and Gloria
by Marciano A. Paroy Jr. In my list, there are only four women in Philippine politics who, upon their dramatic entry, were able to collectively fascinate us and held our attention wrapped by the newsworthiness of all their actions – for so long, that we almost feel like we have known them forever: Imelda Romualdez-Marcos, […]
Should one’s faith influence a citizen’s vote?
Should one’s faith influence a citizen’s vote? If Billy Graham or Pope was to run for the presidency, would you be influenced by your faith to vote for one of them? How about if you were in a middle-east nation voting for a devout Muslim or in a far away Buddhist land? Chinese Premier–TENG Sio-Ping […]