Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Scary Place: China

  1.  NYtimes has posted this report on the Chinese government's surveillance technology.  It's scary.  
  2. The video is 15 minutes long, but it tells you the dimension of China's surveillance state today.  
Watch out here: Link

For other surveillance reports on China, check here: Link

Friday, June 3, 2022

The Kingmaker (2019)

It's so sick to watch this documentary, this woman, this country ...And it's even worst is looking at my own place --  Hong Kong is approaching being like it. 

//“Look, I am no longer the first lady.  I am not even allowed to go around the world anymore.  They prohibit me. … I have money in 170 banks and deposits of assets.  I cannot even have them.  And I, even at this stage, even at my age, I can go around the world and bring world peace.  I befriended all of them.  Gaddafi was a friend.  Um, Saddam Hussein.  Mister, um …Mao Tse-tung. I just gave respect to him.  He looked at my hand and kissed it.  In five minutes, he said, “Mrs. Marcos, you started the end of the Cold War.  In five minutes - Mao! So, who is Imelda? ” // 

// “Martial law, that was the best years of Marcos because that was when he was able to give the Philippines sovereignty, freedom, justice, human rights.”//


Review: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/12/the-kingmaker-imelda-marcos-philippines-documentary-lauren-greenfield