Posted in in Chinese, 中文, China, reading on Aug 16th, 2007 No Comments »
假如四人帮在权力争夺中获胜，极左派的命运会有什么不同？
尽管高层权力斗争风云变幻，最终决定一种社会理想成败的，还是它在社会基层的可行性。极左派在文革中推行的农村政策是：农业学大寨，普及大寨县。大寨模式可行，极左派的理想就可行。大寨模式行不通，极左派早晚要退出历史舞台。
文革末期，我在学大寨的最前沿，在极左翼，向更左的方向冲锋，亲身体会到极左派前进的艰难。极左派名声不好，他们的视角很少被顾及。不过，我在左翼受挫的经历，对我理解晚年毛泽东的失败和中国极左势力的衰落大有帮助：我的焦头烂额之处，也是他们举步维艰之地。
Posted in In English, reading on Aug 12th, 2007 No Comments »
From Phisics Today
Pervez Hoodbhoy is chair and professor in the department of physics at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan, where he has taught for 34 years. In this article, Professor Hoodbhoy explores, in great length, why the Islamic world is disengaged from science and the process of creating new knowledge.
Here is something interesting […]
Posted in Joke, In English, comments on news, Comments on Aug 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
The Religious Bureau of China recently issued a Regulation on the Reincarnation of Buddha. Here is a digest of it.
Article 4. A Buddha can not reincarnate when any of the following conditions is met: …
(2) the local city government does not permit such reincarnation.
and
Article 10. Before a candidate assumes Buddha’s position, an official […]