tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4231889191807596475..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Brendan in BeijingPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-45984060889411710452008-07-22T12:09:00.000+12:002008-07-22T12:09:00.000+12:00That's not quite how I read the article, Richard. ...That's not quite how I read the article, Richard. He was talking about the variety of myths that Westerners talked about, and suggested that the truth was more complicated and didn't fit into preconceived molds.Luke Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929408708481681826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-36468227695104740162008-07-22T12:08:00.000+12:002008-07-22T12:08:00.000+12:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10770110796879737494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-55955225626859130082008-07-21T15:47:00.000+12:002008-07-21T15:47:00.000+12:00Brendan O'Neill blames free market reforms in Chin...Brendan O'Neill blames free market reforms in China for the Beijing massacre in 1989, saying that the trauma caused by deregulation led people to protest against the pace of change, rather than against communism itself. <BR/><BR/>Sounds like he's trying to blame capitalism for the massacre, by implying that shooting protestors would be the actions of a pro-market government. <BR/><BR/>He also claims that the protests weren't peaceful, because some policemen got lynched after the massacre. That's hardly fair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-2646265643633745612008-07-21T15:36:00.000+12:002008-07-21T15:36:00.000+12:00I couldn't remember of the popular barsmeant to sa...<I>I couldn't remember of the popular bars</I><BR/><BR/>meant to say:<BR/><BR/><I>I couldn't remember of the names of the popular bars</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-6744661572684304542008-07-21T15:35:00.000+12:002008-07-21T15:35:00.000+12:00I couldn't remember of the popular bars in Beijing...I couldn't remember of the popular bars in Beijing, but I am pretty much sure that I pub-crawled most of those bars when I was there about 2 year ago. It was fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com