Tag Archives: China

Fake News? Should We Believe “Anonymous” Sources?

Posted on March 24, 2023 by cdsmiller17

2019/2021 Canadian Election Interference by China It’s hard to know who to believe anymore. My cousin, John Miller, is a respected journalist. He has a blog page called The Journalism Doctor. You should read it sometime. He laments the laziness … Continue reading →

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It Makes a Change from Tracking Santa’s Progress

Posted on February 20, 2023 by cdsmiller17

NORAD (May 12, 1958) NORAD has been in the news lately, shooting down balloons and other aerial objects. That wasn’t its original intention: it was intended to help North America have an early warning against Soviet planes entering our airspace, … Continue reading →

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Calling Them UFOs Doesn’t Help the Situation

Posted on February 12, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Third Balloon Shot Down (February 11, 2023) If I were a betting man, I’d put $100.00 on the fact that these ‘weather’ balloons have been spying on us for a lot longer than a few years. Think: Gary Powers and … Continue reading →

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Meet the Man the Chinese Called “Chairman”

Posted on October 27, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) With the recent (and unprecedented) third term of Xi Jinping, I thought it might be beneficial to look at Mao Zedong‘s life and death. Here was a man who knew how … Continue reading →

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Yesterday in History XIII

Posted on May 12, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Diamond Sūtra (May 11, 868 AD) On this day in 868: The Diamond Sutra, the oldest known dated book, is printed in China. Hmm. Not the oldest book, just the oldest block printed book with a known date of publishing. … Continue reading →

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Is the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Kublai Khan?

Posted on February 3, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Xi Jinping (June 15, 1953) Call it a thought that just won’t go away. I wrote this morning about the first meeting between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan, whose Yuan Empire covered all of China and some surrounding countries. Then … Continue reading →

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A Meeting of Two Remarkable Men in the 13th Century

Posted on February 3, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Marco Polo (Sep 1254 – Jan 1324) and Kublai Khan (Sep 1215 – Feb 1294) On this eve of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022, I thought it might be interesting to look back about 750 years to this meeting, … Continue reading →

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Another Cassandra Alert:

Posted on January 31, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Might Biden Attack Russia at the Start of China’s Olympic Games? All this time, we in the West have been focusing on what Putin might or might not do about Ukraine. We tend to ignore the other side of the … Continue reading →

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Well, Here’s Another Interesting Thought About:

Posted on January 30, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing (February 4, 2022) There is some speculation as to whether Vladimir Putin will launch his Ukraine offensive to coincide with the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday of this week. Hmm. … Continue reading →

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Back-Channels: How One Man’s Folly was Mitigated

Posted on September 25, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Peril (2021) You might think this is just paranoia speaking, but I think, as do the authors of this book, that the world came perilously close to a catastrophe in January of this year. If General Mark Milley hadn’t initiated … Continue reading →

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