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Peter Lee
Personal blog · chinamatters.blogspot.compoliticshistory
Peter Lee writes China Matters, a personal blog at chinamatters.blogspot.com about politics and history. Since 2013, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Peter Lee's China Matters blog as a source on China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and on Japanese politics under Abe. One commenter cites a post on Yasukuni and history textbooks.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The personal blog of Peter Lee a.k.a. "China Hand"... Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel, and an open book to those who read. Now an archive for my older stuff. For current content, subscribe to my patreon "Peter Lee's China Threat Report" and follow me on twitter
What Hacker News says?
China has publicly said that it is very patient in this regard. The only thing that will trigger invasion, is if Taiwan makes a concerted effort towards full independence. ...and while we can say that HK protests and covid-19 have reduced the popularity of unification, it is still, on average, more popular an idea than at any time since the split in 1949. EDIT: Because I couldn't find any data supporting my above st…
Comment linking /2019/01/
on “China signals plan to take full control of Hong Kong”Submitted What I Witnessed in 1989 in Beijing as a story · 35 points
HN discussionPeter Lee has been covering Abe's efforts to make Japan a regional military power pretty well. His latest post: http://chinamatters.blogspot.com/2013/12/yasakuni-blues-unde...
Comment linking /2013/12/yasakuni-blues-understanding-shinzo.html
on “In Textbook Fight, Japan Leaders Seek to Recast History”Submitted What I Witnessed in 1989 in Beijing as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trump: We Wish the Problem Was Fascism… as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
