Hi Duck friends. Here are some links to start your week…
- Liao Yiwu served four years in prison for reciting his poem “Massacre” in memory of the 1989 Tienanmen Square protests. His horrifying prison memoir reminds us that “China remains a prison of the mind: prosperity without liberty.” More importantly, the memoir show the ways in which the Leninist-capitalist Chinese system of government and economy is replicated inside the prison. The poet’s memoir is a portrait of China painted in shit, but it is a rather telling portrait nonetheless.
- Mong Palatino argues that the trans-boundary haze that is choking Malaysia and Singapore is sign of ASEAN’s failure.
- Wearing a tie in India is a sign of submission or awkward stupidity. (The Raj is truly gone, mates.)
- Shadi Hamid ask whether Egypt really needs a second revolution.
- The Qataris have been arming Syrian rebels with shoulder-fired missiles. (Given the Qataris desire to meddle in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, perhaps they are contending to become the next hyper-power.)
- By the way, As’ad Abu Khalil has been killing it lately. (I can see why he’s angry…)
- Political Violence @ a Glance asks: Where are all the Female Bloggers?
- Finally, are social science graduate students being taught to write poorly? (Yes.)
Vikash is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. His main areas of academic interest are (post-) globalization, economic development, and economic freedom, with a regional focus on South Asia
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