• MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    By Em. Professor Perry Link, Princeton University. American Sinologist. I wonder, what's his beef with Xi?

    From Wikipedia

    Link has been a Board Member of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) since 2021. CFHK is a US-based non-profit organisation, which presses for the preservation of freedom, democracy, and international law in Hong Kong.

    Along with Andrew J. Nathan, he translated the Tiananmen Papers

    This is like John Bolton writing an opinion piece about Iraq or Iran. A little harsh, sure, but he's definitely not a neutral party. I wonder what he was up to in June 1989? Not even one of your standard anti-CPC mouth pieces, this guy is a main part of the horn and played a significant part.

    My favorite quote from the article, taken out of context:

    "It is a claim to intellectual heritage that he makes to enhance his prestige—and hence his power. Its utter emptiness is evident..."

    Em. Professor. Perry Link

    Ok, that last part was me lashing out because I am particularly fed up with PhDs at this moment.

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 months ago

      "American Sinologist" has some big "making sense of the savages and their strange oriental ways" kind of vibes.