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Downfall of the West

Another totally justified fight against absolute evil?

Flying Dutchman - March 8, 2022

I have to admit that the sheer magnitude of the military actions taken by Russia against Ukraine immediately after the Peking Winter Olympics caught...

Censorship

Jim Eagle has landed in Washington

Flying Dutchman - March 26, 2021

After more than two months in power and therefore later than any other President of the United States, Joe Biden on March 26th, 2021...

Media and Entertainment

Sleepy Joe, “Blowin’ in the Wind”?

Flying Dutchman - March 22, 2021

How fragile US President Joe Biden really is became obvious again when on March 19th, 2021 he stumbled twice before falling over the third time...

Culture

Three culture shocks

Flying Dutchman - March 21, 2021

Although I consider myself a man of the world who can easily adapt to different environments rather easily, I have actually suffered three culture...

Asian Politics

When a gay German Minister irritated his Chinese hosts

Flying Dutchman - March 18, 2021

Former German Foreign Minister, Vice Chancellor and chairman of Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP) Guido Westerwelle, born on December 27th, 1961 in Bad Honnef, died...

European history

130 years ago, the Trans–Siberian Railway project was announced

Flying Dutchman - March 10, 2021

On March 9th, 1891, the Imperial Russian government under Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894) issued a rescript in which it announced its intention to construct what became...

Asian history

Impressions from Taiwan in the 1970s

Flying Dutchman - January 30, 2021

Today I watched a short documentary about Taiwan from the 1970s with a quite charming selection of what could be called Asian elevator music,...

Arts

Li Cunxin, Mao’s Last Dancer

Flying Dutchman - January 26, 2021

Li Cunxin, widely considered the best dancer China has ever produced, was born on January 26th, 1961 in a village near Tsingtao, the Chinese...

Sin categoría

One year ago, Prague and Taipei became twin cities

Flying Dutchman - January 14, 2021

Prague and Peking signed a sister-city agreement on March 30th, 2016, just after Chinese President Xi Jinping had finished a two-day state visit to...

Asian history

Shiba Gorō, the Japanese hero of the Boxer Rebellion in China

Flying Dutchman - December 16, 2020

Japanese General Shiba Gorō, who played a significant role during the 1900 xenophobic Boxer Rebellion in China, died on December 13th, 1945 in war-ravaged...

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