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The “Struggle Mentality” Is Hurting China’s Econom-多伦多房市动态-万维博客-万维读者网（电脑版）
The “Struggle Mentality” Is Hurting China’s Economy By Peter Lee Over the past four decades of reform and opening-up, China’s economy rose at an astonishing pace and created what many called an economic miracle. Yet in recent years, its sharp downturn has coincided with the revival of a familiar theme in Chinese politics — the “struggle mentality.” At first, this spirit of struggle was applied to the domestic anti-corruption campaign. It achieved remarkable results and won broad public support.
Why Mindset S-多伦多房市动态-万维博客-万维读者网（电脑版）
Outdated Thinking, Stagnant Nations: Why Mindset Shapes National Destiny By Peter Lee The Root Cause of National Underdevelopment: Outdated Mindsets Looking across the modern world, the reasons why some countries are developed while others remain underdeveloped are multifaceted. However, the most fundamental reason lies in the divergence of thought: developed nations are driven by modern, progressive mindsets, while underdeveloped nations are still trapped in outdated ideas. 1.
Will people move to another storage facility if theirs is closed?
Curious to what people think here. Imagine if you had a self storage facility that was going to be demolished for future development, what % of the tenants you think would try and find a new facility to move to? Let's say though most of the tenants have been in the unit for years and rent was 30%-40% below most of its nearby competitors (within 5 mi) but there are places that offer rent in that range but they are 20 mi away (a 40 min drive).
Virtual Reality Boosts Gynaecological Radiotherapy Training at Rays of Hope Anchor Centres
Addressing Global Disparities For gynaecological cancers such as cervical cancer – the fourth most common cancer among women – low- and middle-income countries continue to face the highest rates of incidence and mortality. Trained professionals are part of the solution for remedying this disparity.
How Rays Of Hope Is Expanding Access To Cancer Care For All
By Ellen Swabey-Van de Borne, Peter Lee Cancer care is a global challenge, especially in those parts of the world where the number of cancer patients requiring radiotherapy is outpacing access to this technology. In 2022, only 21 per cent of countries met the minimum radiotherapy resource requirements. That year, 20 million new cases were diagnosed and 10 million people died from this non-communicable disease.
How Rays of Hope is Expanding Access to Cancer Care for All
To expand access to lifesaving cancer treatment, particularly in LMICs where the need is greatest, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi launched the Rays of Hope initiative in February 2022. (Photo: IAEA) The IAEA has also designated ten cancer institutes around the world as Rays of Hope regional anchor centres to serve as regional knowledge.
South Korea’s Dwindling Women of the Sea
Courtesy of the Lyle Gallery. South Korea’s Dwindling Women of the Sea A photographic collection exploring humankind’s relationship with nature. On the volcanic island of Jeju 100 kilometres off the mainland of South Korea, generations of women dive deep below the ocean’s surface in search of sea urchins, abalone, and other sea life.
South Korea’s Women of the Sea
Courtesy of the Lyle Gallery. South Korea’s Women of the Sea A photographic collection exploring humankind’s relationship with nature. On the volcanic island of Jeju, 100 kilometres off the mainland of South Korea, generations of women dive deep below the ocean’s surface in search of sea urchins, abalone, and other sea life.
South Korea’s Women of the Sea
Courtesy of the Lyle Gallery. South Korea’s Women of the Sea A photographic collection exploring humankind’s relationship with nature. On the volcanic island of Jeju, 100 kilometres off the mainland of South Korea, generations of women dive deep below the ocean’s surface in search of sea urchins, abalone, and other sea life.
3/13/24 Korean News and Commentary
Quotes of the Day: “Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody's power, and it is not easy.” – Aristotle “If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” – Confucius “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” – Soren Kierkegaard 1.
Asian American / Asian Research Institute
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 5pm to 6:30pm Join us for a discussion of the feature film, Happy Cleaners (2019). When a new landlord comes around, Mr. and Mrs. Choi find their dry cleaning business, Happy Cleaners in Flushing, Queens, in jeopardy of closing after 17 years. While they make every effort to save the business, their daughter Hyunny and son Kevin are also at their own tough crossroads of life under the pressure of their parents’ high hopes.
Wire 'fatigue,' installation and load caused screen to fall during Hong Kong boy band Mirror's show, task force finds
The wire that snapped during a concert by Hong Kong boy band Mirror last month – sending a giant screen suspended by it plummeting onto the stage below – showed signs of “fatigue”, had been improperly installed, and its load was understated, a government investigation into the incident has found. The falling screen hit and injured two dancers. One remains in a critical condition under intensive care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Why did the screen fall?
Commentary: Missile used to kill Al-Qaeda leader part of a scary new generation of unregulated weapons
Trending Topics monkeypox Sri Lanka Ukraine invasion COVID-19 Omicron Shanghai Malaysia Nancy Pelosi CNA Explains climate change Daily round-up Wellness Commentary The Ninja missile is the ultimate attempt thus far to accurately target and kill a single person without any collateral damage. Such weapon developments will affect the way we live and how wars are fought or deterred, says an ethics professor.
La "siniestra" nueva generación de armas que están desarrollando varios países (como el misil usado contra el líder de al Qaeda)
La reciente muerte del líder de al Qaeda Ayman al Zawahiri en un ataque con drones de la CIA fue la última respuesta de Estados Unidos a los atentados contra las Torres Gemelas el 11 de septiembre de 2001. Políticamente, ha amplificado la desconfianza existente entre los líderes estadounidenses y el gobierno talibán en Afganistán. Esta muerte también expuso compromisos adoptados en el acuerdo de paz de Doha de 2020 firmado por Estados Unidos y los talibanes.
Missile used to kill al-Qaida leader puts focus on need to regulate new generation of super-weapons
The killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri by a Central Intelligence Agency drone strike on July 31 was the latest US response to 9/11. Politically, it amplified existing distrust between US leaders and the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The killing also exposed compromises in the 2020 Doha peace agreement between the US and the Taliban. But another story is emerging with wider implications: the speed and nature of international weapons development.
2 injured in fire at Hong Kong construction site
Almost 300 firefighters battled a blaze at a construction site in Tsuen Wan that injured two workers and sent clouds of thick smoke billowing over the area. The cause of Thursday’s fire, which broke out around dawn at 3, Hoi Kok Street, is still being investigated. It started in a staff room of a two-storey zinc building at the centre of the blaze, representatives from the Fire Services Department and police told reporters.
Essay: The UN’s ‘responsibility to protect’ doctrine is a hollow promise for civilians under fire in Ukraine
09 March 2022 PETER LEE Images of gaunt, exhausted faces of people fleeing bombardment and death once again dominate global news. From Mariupol to Irpin, Russian artillery attacks on Ukrainian civilians have kept them trapped in hell. Every day, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleads for help. He begs for military support to save his people from Russian aggression. Every day, world leaders find new ways to say that they will not intervene militarily.
Ukraine: the UN’s ‘responsibility to protect’ doctrine is a hollow promise for civilians under fire
Images of gaunt, exhausted faces of people fleeing bombardment and death once again dominate global news. From Mariupol to Irpin, Russian artillery attacks on Ukrainian civilians have kept them trapped in hell. Every day, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky pleads for help. He begs for military support to save his people from Russian aggression. Every day, world leaders find new ways to say that they will not intervene militarily. The line is drawn at warm words and humanitarian aid.
South Korea’s bind between North Korea and US China strategy
6 March 2022 Author: Peter K Lee, United States Studies Centre South Korea has at times seemed like a lonely reed refusing to sway with the geopolitical winds blowing across Northeast Asia. While the United States and its allies and partners have slowly strengthened cooperation with each other in response to China’s coercion, South Korea under President Moon Jae-in has been more circumspect about its alignment preferences.
Dave Smith Fractures the Mainstream Narrative on Yemen
Next month, the war in Yemen will turn seven. At a minimum, the war has killed 400,000 people. For several years, many notable aid groups have considered Yemen to be the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Over half the population relies on food and medical aid—now being scaled back due to a lack of funding. Millions of Yemeni children are malnourished; many are dying from starvation. The destruction of the war will plague Yemen for decades to come.
Which world leaders are attending China's Winter Olympics, despite US-led boycott? Original
The upcoming Winter Olympics are the target of a US-led diplomatic boycott over China’s human rights abuses. Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Unveiling Ceremony. Photo: IOC. But there will still be a gathering of leaders at the opening ceremony of the Games, most with key political or economic links to China. Strategic neighbours Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first foreign leader to confirm his presence at the Beijing Olympics in September.
Covid-19: Hong Kong to bar non-residents from 5 more countries, inc. Finland, Norway, Korea over Omicron
Visitors from Finland, Norway, Korea, Ghana and Saudi Arabia who are not Hong Kong residents will be barred from the city from Sunday, as the government adds more countries to its Omicron watchlist. File photo: Passengers with masks, GovHK. The five countries were put under Group A, meaning they have detected imported Omicron cases, the Food and Health Bureau announced on Thursday. Hong Kong residents who stayed in these countries may only book flights to return if they are fully vaccinated.
War, precision munitions | Homeland Security Newswire
WarModern Warfare: “Precision” Missiles Will Not Stop Civilian Deaths – Here’s Why By Peter Lee Published 19 November 2021 No degree of missile precision will stop the tragedy of civilian deaths in war. And wars show no sign of ending. Perhaps it is time for a more honest dialogue about the limits of technology and the human costs involved. Modern guided missiles and bombs are capable of incredible, almost science-fiction-like precision.
Modern warfare: 'precision' missiles will not stop civilian deaths – here's why
Modern guided missiles and bombs are capable of incredible, almost science-fiction-like precision. To research my book, Reaper Force, about the lives of drone operators, I was allowed to watch RAF MQ-9 Reaper drones in real-time action in Syria. I sat with a three-person crew at a ground-control station in Creech Air Force Base in Nevada as they killed an Islamic State fighter with a Hellfire precision-guided missile. The Reaper drone being piloted was flying 20,000 feet above its target.
AUKUS and South Korea's dilemma
Opinion 2021-10-04 13:00 AUKUS and South Korea's dilemma By Peter K. Lee The Biden administration recently agreed to share its nuclear-powered submarine technology with Australia as part of the AUKUS partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The U.S. has called this arrangement a "one-off" deal, and it is the first time the U.S. has shared such technology, since it did so with the United Kingdom in 1958. The decision is a major milestone for Australia-U.S. relations.
Race, Clinton, Sanders, and 'Fracture'
I recommend Sandernistas read Joy Reid’s Fracture for an understanding of some of the passion and vitriol pervading the Democratic primaries. Based on long and disapproving observation of Hillary Clinton’s policies as Secretary of State, I am not a fan. She relies on the lazy conflation of political advantage with national interest, and confounds frontrunning with leadership. My opinion.
With the Islamic State, U.S. Getting Ready for Its “Suez Crisis” Post-Imperial Close-Up
With the Islamic State, U.S. Getting Ready for Its “Suez Crisis” Post-Imperial Close-Up Though an anti-war type I am not on the same page with many anti-war types when it comes to poo-pooing President Obama’s call for military action against the Islamic State caliphate. The caliphate is a big deal, in my opinion, a big bad transnational deal with significant consequences throughout Asia, and something should be done.
Contamination of USS Ronald Reagan During Fukushima Response Underreported
As was reported in 2011, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan was exposed to radiation contamination from Fukushima during its earthquake/tsunami rescue operations—“Operation Tomodachi”–off the Japan coast. The original coverage minimized the significance of the contamination, saying it was equivalent to an extra month’s background radiation.
Fred Kaplan Misses the Mark on Snowden Clemency
Since I pretty much made a meal out of this issue over on Twitter, I’m returning from 140-character land to share my thoughts on the Fred Kaplan think piece that made the case for denying clemency to Edward Snowden. I was rather bemused by the hosannas this piece attracted from certain quarters. It’s the usual collection of sneering tropes, innuendo, and speculation, marshaled in this case to repudiate a New York Times editorial urging clemency for Snowden.
Transcending The Ruins, by Protokult
An ever-evolving band, PROTOKULT is a Toronto based Folk metal band that features themes of history, paganism and folklore. The band boasts a marvellous mix of Canadian and international forces. The goal is to unite the bands many cultures into one sound, balancing tradition and folklore with heavy, thrash and black metal for head-bangers everywhere. Their new album 'Marzena' is available here! ... more
Australia's defence, South Korea's dilemma | East Asia Forum
23 July 2020 Author: Peter K Lee, ANU As two of the Asia Pacific’s leading middle powers, Australia and South Korea face increasingly difficult strategic choices. Although separated by vast distances, they both have a vital interest and role to play in shaping the region’s security landscape. On 1 July 2020, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison made one such choice when he unveiled the government’s Defence Strategic Update.
Twilight of the CCP and Shambaughism
I’ve resisted weighing in on l’affaire Shambaugh—David Shambaugh’s blunt WSJ op-ed, “The Coming Chinese Crackup,” declaring that “the endgame of Chinese communist rule has now begun” thanks to Xi Jinping’s predilection for tight control instead of political reform as a response to China’s looming troubles—because there’s really no useful response to his thesis except “Interesting prediction of the future…but predicting the future of China accurately is notoriously difficult.” However, there...
What is a Uyghur 'Refugee'?
To understand the context of this tweet from Human Rights Watch’s Ken Roth, “Growing number of #Uyghurs trying to flee to Southeast Asia speaks to severe repression in #China,” it might be useful to understand US policy in the region. The United States maintains a refugee channel through Nepal for Tibetans from inside the PRC’s Tibetan Autonomous Region to make their way to Dharmsala.
To Hell and Back: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
I have a piece up at Asia Times “To Hell and Back: Obama, Hiroshima, and Nuclear Denial,” just in time for President Obama’s visit & promised non-apology at Hiroshima. “To Hell and Back” is a phrase that can bear a pretty heavy metaphorical load when it comes to talking about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It’s also the title of a book by Charles Pellegrino that I quote extensively in the AT piece.
World War Three Will be Pre-Fought on Twitter
Tech /19 Feb 2014 I would recommend that readers who have not yet done so create a Twitter account and subscribe to my feed (@chinahand). To my embarrassment and surprise, I’ve churned out over 800 tweets since I started up my feed last November. Some of it is meaningless ephemera, of course.
Did Shinzo Abe Lie to Get the Olympics?
In order to secure the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assured the IOC that the Fukushima situation was “under control.” Per Agence France-Presse, “Let me assure you the situation is under control,” [Abe] said. “It has never done or will do any damage to Tokyo.” Abe replied decisively when pressed by veteran Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg over Fukushima. “You should read past the headlines and look at the facts,” he said.
Reflections on the Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln was a fine man, a skillful politician, and a great president. Freed the slaves, of course. His address at the dedication of the military cemetery in Gettysburg on November 19, 1863–150 years ago today–is magnificent and heartfelt oratory. It is also a determined piece of goalpost shifting designed to cope with the fact that Lincoln’s Civil War was a bloody, improvised botch that he rescued by abandoning the positions that had won him the Presidency.
America Pivots Back to the Middle East
I believe that President Obama tipped his hand as to the basic US strategy for IS in Iraq and Syria when he stated that the US goal was to reduce IS to “a manageable problem.” Once the appalling implications of this apparent endorsement of a permanent presence for the transnational, decapitation-happy caliphate sank in, Joe Biden was sent out for damage control with the hyperbolic message that the US would pursue IS “to the gates of hell.” Well, truth be told, actually entering the gates of...
Maulana Abdul Aziz on the Defensive...For Now
Maulana Abdul Aziz on the Defensive…For Now If you’ve been following the @chinahand twitter feed, you know I’ve been retweeting a stream of tweets from Pakistan civil society stalwarts trying, with some success, to put the focus on Abdul Maulana Aziz and the Lal Masjid mosque in the wake of the Peshawar student massacre on December 16.
Did the Senkakus Sink Sony?
I came over this measured exercise in opinion journalism penned by “Alec Ross, Senior Fellow at Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs” over at Huffington Post: North Korea is a miserable, backward, hellhole of a place. It has a per capita GDP of less than $2,000 — trailing Yemen, Tajikistan and Chad — and about one-sixteenth the size of the GDP of South Korea.
The Obama Doctrine: Death By a Thousand Cuts
I was rather beguiled at first by President Obama’s commencement speech at West Point. Not just because everybody else dumped all over it, and I wanted to exercise my contrarian’s prerogative to defend the indefensible. It’s because the central premise—what I call the Obama Doctrine—is rather attractive to me: “Here’s my bottom line: America must always lead on the world stage. If we don’t, no one else will. The military that you have joined is, and always will be, the backbone of that leadership.
Reuters' Coverage of China's Response to Typhoon Haiyan is Curious
Edward G. Martens/U.S. Navy Reuters’ Coverage of China’s Response to Typhoon Haiyan is Curious Reuters’ concern-trolling over the low-key Chinese response to the Philippine Haiyan supertyphoon disaster is revealing, in a relatively inadvertent way.
Ukraine, MH17, and the Charge of the Atlanticist Brigade
The bloody farce in the Ukraine took another ugly turn with the shootdown of MH17. And to be ugly about it, if the rebels shot the plane down, it shouldn’t matter very much except as a horrible and unexpected catastrophe in a war zone and an overwhelming tragedy to the survivors of the victims on board.
Soleimani assassination: how US Reaper drones carry out airstrikes
The recent killing of senior Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has been widely reported as conducted by an MQ-9 Reaper drone. But what does such an operation actually involve? While the ultimate decision to carry out the attack has clearly been placed with the Trump administration, much of the reporting and commentary has still bought into the misleading idea that drones enable instant killing using machines that take away the risks and responsibilities of warfare from military personnel.
US-Iran airstrikes: I spent two years learning about Reaper drone strikes, this is how an attack plays out
Posted January 08, 2020 17:14:21 The recent killing of senior Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has been widely reported as conducted by an MQ-9 Reaper drone. But what does such an operation actually involve?
Iran attack: how Reaper drones really carry out airstrikes
The recent killing of senior Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has been widely reported as conducted by an MQ-9 Reaper drone. But what does such an operation actually involve? While the ultimate decision to carry out the attack has clearly been placed with the Trump administration, much of the reporting and commentary has still bought into the misleading idea that drones enable instant killing using machines that take away the risks and responsibilities of warfare from military personnel.
Iran attack: how Reaper drones really carry out airstrikes
An HERMES 900 HFE drone made by Israeli company Elbit for use in the Swiss reconnaissance system (ADS15) is seen during a media presentation at the Swiss air force base in Emmen, Switzerland December 9, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann) Peter Lee, University of Portsmouth The recent killing of senior Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has been widely reported as conducted by an MQ-9 Reaper drone. But what does such an operation actually involve?
Iran attack: how Reaper drones really carry out airstrikes
The recent killing of senior Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has been widely reported as conducted by an MQ-9 Reaper drone. But what does such an operation actually involve? While the ultimate decision to carry out the attack has clearly been placed with the Trump administration, much of the reporting and commentary has still bought into the misleading idea that drones enable instant killing using machines that take away the risks and responsibilities of warfare from military personnel.
Syria and Iraq: RAF killed only one civilian in airstrikes - why the discrepancy with what others report?
Bombing from aircraft in Syria and Iraq has caused thousands of deaths and woundings since 2014. The US, UK, Russia, Turkey and others have been involved in bombing Islamic State (IS) and other targets. But there is major disagreement between governments and humanitarian organisations over how many civilians have been killed. The US-led Coalition conducted 33,921 strikes and acknowledges at least 1,257 civilians were killed between August 2014 and January 2019.
5000 Ways to Die: America Tightens the Noose Around China’s Neck
Peter Lee | February 21, 2019 America is locked in an escalating military and security confrontation with China. The famous trade war is just a distraction. While Trump and China talked tariffs, the US turned up the heat on Huawei, and also took another step in its plans for a showdown in the South China Sea.
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