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Bill Mckibben is one of the most interesting and urgent voices speaking out on climate change. Join us Tuesday May 14th at 6:30 pm at the Asia Society in NYC to hear how he and Aaron Mair, former Sierra Club head, view the importance of "the wild" to our lives.

Come see "Coal + Ice," on the melting glaciers of the Himalayas at the Asia Society in NYC. In "The New Yorker" Bill McKibben calls it "the single best collection of images of the climate crisis I’ve ever seen." newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

Come tomorrow, Wednesday, June 5th to Asia Society NY 725 Park Ave at 6:30 pm to hear Zhang Jingjing, China's Erin Brockovich, and other enviros talk about climate change as a human rights issue. Center on U.S.-China Relations Climate Rights International asiasociety.org/center-us-chin…

Congrats to Perry Link for winning a SOPA (Society of Publishers in Asia) award for his wonderfiul historical essay in "China Books Review," edited by Alec Ash. chinabooksreview.com/2023/10/05/mao…

Ed Wong, one of our finest foreign correspondents, has now written a wonderfully interesting book about China, his father's tenure in the PLA, the odyssey of his family, and China's progress. Join us: June 27th for a conversation about all things Chinese asiasociety.org/center-us-chin…

In a world bereft of leaders who still possess functioning moral compasess, here's someone to esteem. Alas, he's also dead, a victim of political imprisonment. chinabooksreview.com/2024/06/27/the…

推荐夏伟这篇文章。推荐林培瑞与吴大智合写的《刘晓波传》。纪念刘晓波逝世四周年。

‘King of hypocrisy’. British family riffs on J D Vance as Dancing Queen. Democratic folk art. Love it.

Here's a little comic relief in the face of the Trump/Vance "Sringtime For Hitler" road show.

Jimmy Goodrich gives us chapter and verse on Xi's "fortress economy" strategy that depends on making China economically independent of"the West," but making "the West" more dependent on China. His essay hits it out of the park! ucigcc.org/wp-content/upl…

No!

Here is a truly exemplary interview on China done for Mehdi Hassan for A Jazeera. youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

The Donald raises the bar on going bonkers at a campaign rally. When it comes to a contest in lunacy and imbecility, The Donald is Olympic Games material! c-span.org/video/?c512039…

Was Zhou Enlai, the first premier of the People’s Republic of China, a shameless collaborator or a guileful hero? Read Orville Schell’s review of Chien Jian’s new book, “Zhou Enlai: A Life”: foreignaffairs.com/reviews/dictat…

When climate change keeps me up at night, 'The Donald" is not not my sleeping pill of choice. Here Tom Dispatch spells out the catastrophic consequences to the planet's operating system should the US stumble into electing Trump and Vance: tomdispatch.com/in-a-lost-univ…

This says it all about The Donald.

Indeed!

Nick and Sheryl have a lifetime of experience in China and the world. Come and join us to hear what they think it all adds up to. Orville

THIS MY LAST POST ON X. MUSK HAS BECOME SO OFFENSIVE IN SO MANY WAYS, INCLUDING ON CHNA, THAT I NOW FEEL SOILED BY REMAINING PART OF HIS SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLET. FAREWELL MY 20 K FOLLOWERS! ORVILLE