China Law Blog

Just came across for the first time, a most interesting China blog. It is called Absurdity, Allegory, and China, and it is hard to describe. I know, however, that I like it and that it is quite literary. It also clicks through to some great photographs.

Near as I can tell, it is written by an English teacher (though I might be wrong about that) out of Tianjin (though I could also be wrong about that) named Jim Gourley (I am pretty sure I am right about that), who also goes by "Rudenoon."

Anyway, this guy has serious insight and his blog is well worth a read. I urge you to read it all, but if you are going to be selective, I particularly liked the following posts:

1. "Here Come The Rats" -- History lives on in the present and that is why though the West sees this as the Chinese century, the Chinese themselves are less certain. A truly brilliant piece.

2. "Confucius Redux?" -- Best blog post yet on China's ant farm scandal. “China is a civilization pretending to be a state. Official corruption and its very selective prosecution underscores this point as well as exposing the Deadwood nature of the place."

3. "Thank You." -- Posts like this should be the best counter to people like nanheyangrouchuan, who sometimes seem so caught up in their own propaganda as to be blind to the fact that among China's 1.3 billion plus people exist real human beings.

Two suggestions though. One, move from Blogspot. Two, allow comments and trackbacks.