Views: 56 Beyond confrontation: How China unveils the West’s imperative to adapt Gordon Dumoulin 22/07/2025 Puji Temple in Putuo Mountain This article is reproduced with the permission of Gordon Dumoulin, the author(s) of “China21 Journal” The gloves of ...

Views: 110 The ideologies we embraced don’t even begin to make sense in light of real-world evidence. Alex Krainer 15/07/2025 This article is re-published with the approval of Alex Krainer, the author of “TrendCompass” For generations now, western economic ...

Views: 40 How Western audiences reveal their programmed biases when confronted with objective analysis of Chinese politics Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波  22.07.2025 The whole situation with the awkward questioning after my lectures bears a strong resemblance to what happened to Marco ...

Views: 43 When language becomes a weapon The Frontier Man (Larry Johnson) 08/07/2028 Artwork: Rebellion of the Soul. The Frontier Man August 2024 This article is re-published here with the approval of the author at “Sonar21” On 5 February 2003, U.S. S ...

Views: 55 A comparison with China Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波  28.07.2025 Performance of 歌剧魅影 Phantom of the Opera in a shopping mall (Shanghai 20.05.2023, my own photo)  Social cohesion decline in the West and the role of gaslighting by elites The erosion of social cohesion in W ...

Views: 40 How truth decays in a world of tribal narrative.     Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波  23.06.2025 Trust, but verify, lessons in healthy scepticism When my father-in-law boasted of shooting 23 German soldiers in World War II, I didn’t take his word for it. Digging into ...

Views: 74 One constructed by the west, one lived by the Chinese   Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波  12.05.2025 A mirror divided A friend asked me last week: “Are there two Chinas then ?” His question, while simple, struck at the heart of a deeper truth: our view of China is often not sh ...

Views: 158 Whistle-blowers, dissidents, and exiles fighting for free speech Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 26.03.2025 Bo Phut Resort, Koh Samui, Thailand The outcasts of the West In an era where Western governments claim to uphold free speech and human rights, an increasing number of dissiden ...

Views: 77 How Email Filtering, Algorithmic Bias, Foreign Media Bans, and AI Manipulation Control the Narrative. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 17.03.2025 Intro Relentless propaganda and censorship have long shaped public perception, but the digital age has introduced new, more insidious meth ...

Views: 72 Assessing Dominance, Policy Impacts, and the Future of Human-Machine Strategic Competition Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 04.03.2025 This is perhaps a too academic research report for many on the current state of AI compared to high IQ people. In this article the focus is on AI and IQ ...

Views: 44 The War on Young Minds. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 03.03.2025 The Theft of Innocence The phrase “stolen children” typically evokes images of physical abduction; a horrific crime that dominates headlines and ignites public outrage. Campaigns like Pam Palmater ‘s Justice fo ...

Views: 38 Embracing Cultural Diversity in a Multipolar World Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 03.02..2025 The unipolar world order imposed by US hegemony is gradually being challenged by a multipolar vision—one that allows various civilisations and cultures to coexist without subjugation. This al ...

Views: 178 Your insights matter, share your viewpoints.   Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 06.08.2024 Gweilo 60 aka Kirk Apesland in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China https://youtu.be/1bpxoIT6gkE We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts ...

Views: 408 This year 2023, we have passed the tipping point Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 27.12.2023 It’s over and done In a few days, the historical year 2023 will be over. This past year, significant changes have taken place, shining some light on what we have to expect in the coming ti ...

Views: 289 China doesn’t need propaganda.      Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 16.08.2023 What is propaganda ? Every healthy scientific contradictory debate starts with a clear definition. So let’s determine the concept of propaganda. The description of propaga ...