Twin Disasters Shine a Light on Bias
In China, a coalmine is flooded and traps more than a hundred. The Huffington Post reports this and says, “The real issue for the government (China’s) is to learn the lessons from this…The fundamental...
View ArticleThe Flaws of Democracy and Humanitarianism – Part 4/7
A Western activist Blog, Left Coast Voices, posted a piece about Liu Xiabo, a leader of the Chinese democracy movement, who won the latest Nobel Peace Prize. My response to the post in Left Coast...
View ArticleThe Flaws of Democracy and Humanitarianism – Part 5/7
Left Coast Voices posted a piece about Liu Xiabo, a leader of the Chinese democracy movement, who won the latest Nobel Peace Prize. My response turned into a seven part series. In this segment, I will...
View ArticleDiscussion with Troy Parfitt, the author of “Why China Will Not Rule the...
Sixth Question [Parfitt]: Governments and human-rights groups have heaped criticism on China about human-rights issues. Is such criticism justified? Answer [Lofthouse]: No! The evolution of...
View ArticleThe Cultural Perception of Human Rights
I was reading A Different Turning Point for Mankind by G. W. Bowersock in the May 9, 2013 issue of The New York Review of Books, and I had one of those Aha! moments when I read about the history of...
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