So I just had a nice random moment. I was watching a video review of a Chinese dictionary software (http://reganmian.net/blog/files/WenlinDemo.mov) and the example searches he used were “hello” and “anarchism” (無No 政府Government 主義Thought/School of Thought). And not even ‘anarchy’ defined as ‘chaos’, specifically Anarchism, the word for anarchy/ism in Chinese does Continue Reading
[Al Jazeera] Egypt military mulls its options
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201125103116509885.html Business interests The military has been a central pillar of the Egyptian state since 1952, when the “Free Officers” movement overthrew the monarchy. All four of Egypt’s post-revolutionary presidents were former military officers, and more than half of the country’s 29 governors have military backgrounds as well. The military runs Continue Reading
