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Steve Withers

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:47:51 +1200

Your Chinese lecturer's comment about China sounds like quantum theory.

In Toronto last year, every two weeks, there was a Falun Gong parade down Spadina Road in Chinatown. A full blown parade – elaborate costumes / uniforms, marching bands, floats, banners......all of it.

On the 4 corners corner of Spadina…

Kyle Matthews

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:16:17 +1200

The Zapatistas are a very different beast, honest at least. Conflating the two is disingenuous.

No comparison is ever wholly valid, we can cluck about that all our life or we can try and take meaning from the questions that are being asked.

The Zapatistas are in open rebellion (previously…

Chris Waugh

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:27:12 +1200

Disingenuous indeed. Mexico is a long way from being the next "rising power" and doesn't inspire anywhere near as much fear in the western world.

"The show aims to appeal to the Chinese audience's sense of cultural pride in the 5000 year history and suggests that the current regime is…

Don Christie

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:30:11 +1200

I am amazed at the amount of money the FG seem to have to cloth their bands and run their shows. Does it all come from their individual supporters? How wide is that support in NZ?

Not a fan of repressive regimes myself, but nor am I a great fan…

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:46:22 +1200

Oh, I forgot to pimp the link.

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:44:35 +1200

Right now in Wellington (well in the Top End Of Cuba St Autonomous Zone, which I guess is regarded as Wellington) there is an exhibition on at the Thistle Gallery of artworks about the Zapatista movement in Mexico.

Now these guys have been, since 2004, engaged in a rebellion against…

Public Address

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:44:35 +1200

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