Comments on: The Sad End of Mao Dun http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/08/29/the-sad-end-of-mao-dun/ The Online Perch of a Real Elitist Snob Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:49:53 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Happy Anniversary, People’s Republic of China! Thanks for the Revival! | Positive Infinity http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/08/29/the-sad-end-of-mao-dun/comment-page-1/#comment-30653 Happy Anniversary, People’s Republic of China! Thanks for the Revival! | Positive Infinity Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:02:23 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=5#comment-30653 [...] been able to participate in at least part of it.  But before we lapse into Western platitudes (or even this) there are two things that the Chinese have managed over the last three [...] [...] been able to participate in at least part of it.  But before we lapse into Western platitudes (or even this) there are two things that the Chinese have managed over the last three [...]

]]> By: Positive Infinity » Blog Archive » The Trouble with Tibet http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/08/29/the-sad-end-of-mao-dun/comment-page-1/#comment-18804 Positive Infinity » Blog Archive » The Trouble with Tibet Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:23:11 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=5#comment-18804 [...] they get, aren’t in a strong bargaining position with these kinds of numbers. Many Chinese have definite opinions about Western (and specifically American) self-righteousness, a self-righteousness that blunts a lot of the case for human rights that those in this country [...] [...] they get, aren’t in a strong bargaining position with these kinds of numbers. Many Chinese have definite opinions about Western (and specifically American) self-righteousness, a self-righteousness that blunts a lot of the case for human rights that those in this country [...]

]]> By: Positive Infinity » The Chinese Go After Steven Spielberg http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/08/29/the-sad-end-of-mao-dun/comment-page-1/#comment-17691 Positive Infinity » The Chinese Go After Steven Spielberg Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:51:13 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=5#comment-17691 [...] The Chinese Go After Steven Spielberg Filed under: Social and Political Pieces — me @ 08:50 [...] [...] The Chinese Go After Steven Spielberg Filed under: Social and Political Pieces — me @ 08:50 [...]

]]> By: Positive Infinity » Up From Bourgeois is Trickier Than It Looks http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/08/29/the-sad-end-of-mao-dun/comment-page-1/#comment-15328 Positive Infinity » Up From Bourgeois is Trickier Than It Looks Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:48:38 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=5#comment-15328 [...] Lewis, unlike his Chinese semi-contemporary Mao Dun, was unable to see the "contradictions" in his own system of thought.  Seeing those [...] [...] Lewis, unlike his Chinese semi-contemporary Mao Dun, was unable to see the "contradictions" in his own system of thought.  Seeing those [...]

]]> By: Positive Infinity » The Class Dilemma of the Edwards Campaign http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/08/29/the-sad-end-of-mao-dun/comment-page-1/#comment-9029 Positive Infinity » The Class Dilemma of the Edwards Campaign Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:38:09 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=5#comment-9029 [...] that every candidate that runs on the left has in dealing with the "contradictions" (as Mao Dun would put it) in advancing their [...] [...] that every candidate that runs on the left has in dealing with the "contradictions" (as Mao Dun would put it) in advancing their [...]

]]> By: me http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/08/29/the-sad-end-of-mao-dun/comment-page-1/#comment-2926 me Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:17:05 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=5#comment-2926 #1: Many of the observations you make about American journalists are true. But John Fraser is Canadian. #1: Many of the observations you make about American journalists are true. But John Fraser is Canadian.

]]> By: Midnight http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2006/08/29/the-sad-end-of-mao-dun/comment-page-1/#comment-2923 Midnight Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:30:18 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/opine/?p=5#comment-2923 I don't understand why the interview surprised that journalist that much. For someone who really understands his literary theories and political ideology, one should not be surprised at all. I don't think what he said there was a show or some effort by him to keep in power. It was what he truly believed, or at least that was what he envisioned after his life-time devotion to the revolutionary cause. American journalists tend to look at things from their own angle. They have a self-defined notion of correctness or ultimate truth, and if people do not agree with that, then there is a problem. This is very sad. They do not try to understand the path of other people's development, neither do they respect others' ideals, or if they do, they bluntly ignore it. They describe everything they disagree as "undemocratic", "insincere" or "fake." Disagreement is too common and it is good that people are open about it. But I think it is a disgrace of turn a disagreement into character bashing. This is what the journalist did here. But nonetheless, it was good information that he revealed. I don’t understand why the interview surprised that journalist that much. For someone who really understands his literary theories and
political ideology, one should not be surprised at all. I don’t think what he said there was a show or some effort by him to keep in
power. It was what he truly believed, or at least that was what he envisioned after his life-time devotion to the revolutionary cause.

American journalists tend to look at things from their own angle. They have a self-defined notion of correctness or ultimate truth, and
if people do not agree with that, then there is a problem. This is very sad. They do not try to understand the path of other people’s
development, neither do they respect others’ ideals, or if they do, they bluntly ignore it. They describe everything they disagree as
“undemocratic”, “insincere” or “fake.”

Disagreement is too common and it is good that people are open about it. But I think it is a disgrace of turn a disagreement into
character bashing. This is what the journalist did here. But nonetheless, it was good information that he revealed.

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