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Nicola Bolas's avatar

China und der Thorsten Pattberg!

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Roffl's avatar

Love it!!!

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Rabindranath Tagore's avatar

I never understood people who sign up for secret police. Only powerhungry sick people wha have been traumatized in childhood apply and want to take it out on the people whom they hate.

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Sheila Yang's avatar

A frequent misunderstanding surrounds Dr. Pattberg’s work. He never claimed we should seek better translations of Chinese concepts. He insisted they are untranslatable, viewing translation as an act of cultural and linguistic violence.

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Margaret Waits's avatar

Love your work man, keep it up!

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Mr. Mind's avatar

Incredible content. Where is the starting conversation from?

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Tupak's avatar

It is about time.

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Tammy Kwong's avatar

Pattberg’s Lenin impersonation is legit

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Bogshot's avatar

What the hell did I just read? I am sitting in downtown Seoul between meetings trying to piss myself laughing. Brilliant blog!

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Manni's avatar

Another initiative no one cares about.

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Byron's avatar

Please.

Try again.

What utter bullshit you spout.

Bless your heart, indeed.

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Don Frazier's avatar

Points in this essay do not especially benefit from the anti-Semitic slur within.

The proper convention is not 'Jehudi' or even 'Jew-boy.' It is 'George Soros.' Get this straight! Or we'll have to revert to 'cosmopolitanism' -- something even Lenin and Hitler could agree on.

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

You ain't seen nothing yet...

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David Cashion's avatar

What has the great people of China invented since fire crackers?

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

The backscratcher.

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dr el namaki's avatar

You drink too much.... Reduce drinking and get coherent

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

Not drinking. Gardening.

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Hirochi 'Ken' Nambuko's avatar

It's really all for crying.

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Reilly's avatar

All very embarrassing. Chinese leaders in general don't like to make suggestions to Western leaders. Guess what happens if, for any reasons, their suggestion is not heard or rejected: THEY LOSE FACE!

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