Pearls and Irritations

What does loving China mean? The Communist Party decides (SCMP Oct 25, 2020)

“My country, right or wrong” seems to be the mantra to which Chinese people must adhere whether via indoctrination in schools or by command of the national security law. However, noted the British writer G.K. Chesterton in a 1901 essay, that phrase was “the last thing” that a true patriot would say. Patriotism involved principles and behaviour, Continue reading »