Tag Archives: China

The Power of Babel

Posted on September 16, 2015 by James Thomas Snyder

For most of the last nine months I have had the extraordinary benefit of intensive foreign language training.  I had resources, faculty, structure and time all to my benefit: online and computer resources, a diverse faculty from many countries to learn different … Continue reading →

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Politics, Propaganda and Pornography on the Web in China

Posted on July 12, 2013 by James Thomas Snyder

A recent New York Review of Books post by Perry Link is worth reading to learn the lengths and depths to which the Chinese government will go to control content and opinion on the Internet in that country.  China has learned to … Continue reading →

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What The Washington Post gets wrong about The Daily Show in China

Posted on April 10, 2013 by James Thomas Snyder

The April 9 Washington Post ran this blog post by Max Fisher about the unprecedented  number of video viewings in China of a recent Daily Show segment on North Korea. (You can watch the original clip Daily Show clip here. I’m having … Continue reading →

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How to Watch Propaganda

Posted on November 27, 2012 by James Thomas Snyder

Certain parts of the blogosphere are atwitter about China’s announcement that it has commenced flight tests aboard its first commissioned aircraft carrier.  You can watch this five-minute newscast on the PLA Navy’s Liaoning from CCTV: I’m personally less alarmed, and as … Continue reading →

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