Insightful documentary. However, I worry that it may exacerbate anti-China sentiments and encourage scapegoating for the pandemic.

Did China make mistakes? Undoubtedly. Did Western countries make mistakes? Unquestionably. Everybody made mistakes during this crisis.

However, the mistakes made by the West were far more costly. By the end of January, the entire world had all the information about COVID-19. Had they acted immediately to mitigate spread, they could’ve managed the pandemic quite well.

Instead, they delayed and procrastinated for nearly two months. The result? Today, the US has 466,988 deaths, Brazil has 228,883, Mexico has 161,240, India has 154,862…

Rachel Chiu of the Cato Institute published the following opinion piece at USA Today: My grandmother stood up to the Chinese Communist Party. President Joe Biden should too.

I felt compelled to dispel the many misleading ideas in the piece, which seems rather detached from current reality.

First, Ms. Chiu presents a sad tale about her grandmother’s treatment at the hands of the Communist Party of China (hereafter known as CPC) during the Mao years.

She then transitions to modern China under Xi Jinping and continues her criticisms of the CPC with the implication that nothing has changed from the…

My G70

Everybody must be wondering why Asian countries did so much better than Western countries in managing the COVID crisis. Is the explanation rooted in politics or culture or race or bad luck or something else altogether? This is what we’re going to find out.

Let’s look at number of deaths per million population for various nations as of December 3, 2020 (Source: worldometer)…

Major Asian Economies:

• for Taiwan, population 24 million, this number is 0.3. Taiwan has 7 deaths
• for Vietnam, population 98 million, this number is 0.4. Vietnam has 35 deaths
• for China, population 1,439 million, this number is…

I recently purchased a 2021 Genesis G70, Elite trim in Uyuni White (which is a sort of metallic pearl white) with Caramel Brown Leather. It’s a very nice pairing!

The vehicle comes with a 2.0-litre, turbocharged, inline-four engine pumping out 252 hp @ 6200 rpm and 260 lb-ft @ 1400 rpm. It has AWD and 8-speed automatic transmission. This car is very quick and powerful!

The choice of the G70 was made against the only other option: BMW 330i. My decision was based on two key factors:

1. Value
2. Reliability and Cost of Maintenance

While most people would’ve had a third…

The following data is from worldometer on October 23, 2020. Non-USA death tolls are scaled to USA population.

USA — 331.6 million population with 8,746,953 cases and 229,284 deaths

China — 1,439 million population with 85,747 cases and 4,634 deaths: 1,068 deaths

Japan — 126.4 million population with 95,138 cases and 1,694 deaths: 4,444 deaths

Vietnam — 97.6 million population with 1,148 cases and 35 deaths: 119 deaths

Germany — 83.9 million population with 417,350 cases and 10,090 deaths: 39,879 deaths

South Korea — 51.3 million population with 25,775 cases and 457 deaths: 2,954 deaths

Australia — 25.6 million population…

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Here’s the trailer for JRMPC 2021:

Things have escalated, but they needn’t have…

Everybody in the world knows that this whole thing was purely politically motivated. The legal case in the United States was a charade, a sham.

From the outset, the resolution was obvious: Justin Trudeau should’ve

1. publicly conceded that the Meng Wanzhou situation was purely politically motivated, that the “rule of law” was a load of horse puckey
2. negotiate with the Chinese to release the two Michaels in exchange for Meng Wanzhou, the sort of thing that used to be done in the Cold War with respect to the exchange of captured spies
3. exercise…