Björn recenserade This generation av Han Han
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Much as with Beijing Baby, I'm tempted to remark that if this is the sort of thing that passes as dangerous dissidence in the PRC, that probably says more about the state's attitude than about the actual criticism... But then, Han makes the same point himself several times over: if China is really as powerful, just and fair as the official story claims, why do they need censorship? Why do they need to block search engines? Why do they need to command demonstrations against foreign interests while banning them for domestic issues? What are they so afraid of?
As with any collection of blog posts, there's a lot of "I think" and "In my opinion" here that isn't necessarily of interest, but Han has a good ear for satire ("Would you believe a capitalist country like Australia is so poor, they can't even afford tollbooths on the highways?") and …
Much as with Beijing Baby, I'm tempted to remark that if this is the sort of thing that passes as dangerous dissidence in the PRC, that probably says more about the state's attitude than about the actual criticism... But then, Han makes the same point himself several times over: if China is really as powerful, just and fair as the official story claims, why do they need censorship? Why do they need to block search engines? Why do they need to command demonstrations against foreign interests while banning them for domestic issues? What are they so afraid of?
As with any collection of blog posts, there's a lot of "I think" and "In my opinion" here that isn't necessarily of interest, but Han has a good ear for satire ("Would you believe a capitalist country like Australia is so poor, they can't even afford tollbooths on the highways?") and occasionally delivers some quite bitter pills, directed both towards the government and those looking for a simple way of changing it. Of course, he has to work within what he can say and get away with it, which is often half the fun.
You can skip many of the bits about rally driving, though.