Musings of a modern guy

For years now, the world has sat by and watched while the Sudanese Government sponsored militia, the Janjaweed raped, killed and butchered adult men, and equally despicably, did the same to women and children. There has been a lot of talk, a lot of discussion and some pressure on Sudan, but not any action. China […]

North Korea has always been seen as a suspicious entity for talks, not reliable; but carrying enough firepower (especially after its acquisition of a nuclear device) such that it needs to be talked to. In addition, it is involved in a fair amount of deception, including official complicity in smuggling and currency counterfeiting. So, it […]

In a sign of how seriously China is taking the recent challenges to its images of providing good, quality and low cost items, it has executed a former top official responsible for the quality of food and drugs.
In the recent past, China has been hit by bans in the United States on many of its […]

China is suddenly getting hit with a bad rap over the quality of its products. First it was pet feed, toothpaste, and now it is fish supplied from China. Based on the fact that US inspectors found an unsatisfactory level of quality in Chinese fish farms, and found drugs in the seafood that were not […]

Since 2003, when local rebels took up arms against the Sudanese government, it responded in a bloody way, unleashing an arab militia known as the janjaweed. The Sudanese government denies supporting this militia, but it must be the only one that believes in this statement. These militia raid villages in the rebel zone, raping, killing […]

The 20th century has seen 2 major wars, with millions of victims in these wars, and other wars. Hitler is decreed as the worst killer in history, and he surely is ! However, in all these, what never gets mentioned is the people who get killed by their citizens due to ideological conflicts, or sheer […]