Category Archives: Science, Technology and Academic 科技学术

Musings on Pseudo Science 伪科学 and Cures for It

Posted on 09/02/2018 by

A recent Economist book review about pseudo science (伪科学 to you sino-literates out there) in personality testing got me thinking about the damage I have seen done by abuse of tests of no scientific validity. The Economist book review is … Continue reading →

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Automation of Telephone Call Monitoring in China

Posted on 04/12/2018 by

[ After writing this blog article, I got an interesting tweet from China about phone monitoring. 重要对话用 @telegram 端对端加密，电话短信早就被监控着了。” For important conversations use Telegram Messanger ( https://telegram.org/ )with its end-to-end encyption. Telephones and instant messaging have been being monitored for quite a while.”] … Continue reading →

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U.S. Cyber Vulnerability Data Base Lags Chinese Counterpart by Two Weeks — Inadvertently Broadcasting U.S. Vulnerabilities

Posted on 10/22/2017 by

U.S. vulnerability reporting lag adds to vulnerabilities. According to the Recorded Future research report copied at bottom, ” The U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) trails China’s National Vulnerability Database (CNNVD) in average time between initial disclosure and database inclusion (33 days versus … Continue reading →

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1997: Should Chinese Environmental Quality Reports No Longer Be Kept Secret?

Posted on 09/15/2017 by

I just ran across a translation I did twenty years ago — it is an interview in Sanlian Shenghuo Weekly with NPC Environment Committee Chair Qu Geping  曲格平 [China Vitae: http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Qu_Geping%7C1685   %5D Interesting to meditate upon on how times have changed and … Continue reading →

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2014: A Chinese View on Chinese Cyber Security Challenges

Posted on 09/15/2017 by

A Chinese government view of China’s cyber security challenges in 2013.  Below is a summary translation of the April 2014 report  “2013 Report on Trends in China Internet Network Security — A Perspective from the Chinese National Computer Emergency Readiness … Continue reading →

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2012: PRC Anthropologist Wu Fei on Suicide and Chinese Search for the Good Life

Posted on 09/06/2017 by

Cultural Anthropologist Wu Fei on Suicide — Chinese Need to Find a Way to Live the Good Life, Chinese Style 吴飞：自杀与中国式美好生活 2010年06月25日  南方人物周刊 [Wu Fei was one of the co-authors of the 2011 book Deep China: The Moral Life of the … Continue reading →

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2006：Corruption in Chinese Science and Education

Posted on 09/06/2017 by

6/9/2006 Science  Magazine on Corruption in Chinese Science Science magazine on June 9, 2006 ran a fine article on corruption in Chinese science. Only thing I would add is that the cause of the problem — the top-down system, planned … Continue reading →

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