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Giving American Citizenship to 300M Chinese is Win-Win
Xi and Obama should seriously discuss granting American citizenship to three hundred million Chinese. It would be a win-win-win solution...
James Tam
Sep 11, 20153 min read


What Academic Freedom?
Hong Kong “politics” has decomposed into a tiny repertoire of elemental clichés. Nonetheless, they can cause disproportional disruptions...
James Tam
Aug 30, 20154 min read


風馬牛不相及的學術自由
香港目前的政治環境簡單得出奇,幾句過期口號可以完全描述。排頭的口號當然是佔中期間每天加班的 「民主自由」 啦。這是免死金牌,跟著喊可以愛啥幹啥,毫無後顧之憂。想落也合理。依然有法有天的話,要自由來幹嘛呢?其他熱門口號,根據熟悉程度排位,大概包括:公義!新聞和言論自由!還有最...
谭炳昌
Aug 30, 20154 min read


香江山賊
話說伶仃洋外,有小島香江,遠看似仙山,近看像沙灘。島上住了六七百人,打魚摸蜆為生,也算安居樂業,戶戶炊煙。島民捕來海鮮,自吃不下,剩餘炒炒賣賣,供應夷船商販,日子逐漸富裕。唯富不過三代乃不易真理,靈驗如同魔咒,十中難一幸免。三代下來,不少香江小子變得渾身妖氣,頭腦恍惚,口臭異常
谭炳昌
Aug 11, 20154 min read


The Caucasus (4) -Faces of Georgia 高加索掠影-格魯吉亞的面目
要瞭解格魯吉亞的處境,失業率是個好參數。蘇聯瓦解後,格魯吉亞獨立,失業率狂飆至85%,社會動蕩了二十多年。現在比較安定,失業率降了下來,仍然停留在65%的懸崖邊上。導遊指出,格魯吉亞人的傳統本領是務農和打仗。現在人口只有三百多萬,要把本事擴大,經濟多元化,談何容易?美國,北...
James Tam 谭炳昌
Aug 3, 20152 min read


The Caucasus (3) Faces of Armenia & Azerbaijan 高加索掠影(3)阿塞拜疆與亞美尼亞的面
A capella singer in a stone chamber at Garni, Armenia 在亚美尼亚古迹 Garni 石室清唱圣诗的歌手 我將阿塞拜疆與亞美尼亞兩個世仇放在一起,是對他們的一種友好祝願。早在一戰前,這兩族人一有機會便你插我眼珠,我咬你耳朵...
James Tam 谭炳昌
Aug 3, 20154 min read


The Caucasus (2) — Religion 高加索掠影(2)-宗教
We are supposed to be tolerant of religion no matter how absurd it is; but religions have not been very tolerant of others. Throughout...
James Tam 谭炳昌
Jul 26, 20154 min read


The Caucasus (1) — A Brief Intro 高加索掠影(1)-文明摇篮的面貌
A few months ago, I was still misspelling Caucasus as “Caucuses”. Now that I’ve visited Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia for 18 days,...
James Tam 谭炳昌
Jul 25, 20154 min read


影評:911 - 重演珍珠港
Massimo Mazzucco 的紀錄片 September 11, the New Pearl Harbor,收集了大量各方面的 證據,足以錄滿三隻 DVD,連播五個小時而毫無冷場。片中把每一個技術論點都以淺 易的方法清楚介紹後,才發出疑問。而每一個疑問之後,都播放了各...
James Tam
Jul 7, 20154 min read


Movie Review: September 11, the New Pearl Harbour
September 11, the New Pearl Harbor, a five-hour documentary by Massimo Mazzucco, surprises even a reasonably informed “Conspiracy...
James Tam
Jul 7, 20153 min read


夢想亞歐新紀元
這個歌舞昇平,股票飆升的世界,其實十分危險。一下擦槍走火,隨時要承受人類史上最嚴重的災難。不過有危便有機。我相信化解目前危機的一個現實希望,是歐亞攜手創造一個真正屬於大多數人的世界新秩序,擺脫單靠槍桿子打造一言堂的所謂 「世界秩序」。難以想象?但幾千年來,這世界絕大部分時候...
谭炳昌
Jun 27, 20153 min read


A New EurAsian Century?
While stock markets climb relentlessly, humanity sits blithely at the brink of self-destruction through military conflicts and...
James Tam
Jun 25, 20153 min read


中国的假蛋风云
还记得大陆的假鸡蛋吗?我当年目睹不少亲友因为假蛋而失明或思想瘫痪,而自己也为了假鸡蛋而饱受随时破产的心理威胁,弄到精神衰弱,毕生难忘。
谭炳昌
Apr 17, 20153 min read


Fake Eggs of China
Chinese fake eggs caused blindness and cerebral seizure in many innocent Hongkongers, and nearly bankrupted me
James Tam
Apr 17, 20153 min read


中國人的輿論抗戰
這是我2015年的文章:“我清楚見到國際上的宣傳炮彈亂飛,造成遍地白痴,甚至國破家亡。當然有人會說這不過是我神經過敏。就由他說吧。當初中國把谷歌和 Facebook(臉書)踢走,也被很多人罵神經過敏,思想落後。直到斯洛登大爆內幕後,部分人仍然死不肯改變看法。”
谭炳昌
Mar 14, 20153 min read


The Propaganda Invasion
I see the smokes of a “propaganda invasion” everywhere. Perhaps it’s just my paranoia?
James Tam
Mar 14, 20153 min read


佔中背後的怨氣來源
佔中幕後的種種原因很多人已經分析過了。目的為搞事而搞事的政棍無賴,市民大眾自有判決,暫時無需多講。但很多支持或同情者,其實都沒有不良意圖。究竟他們的怨氣由甚麼形成呢?我想趁佔中暫時塵埃落定,垃圾已被妥善堆填之際,嘗試剖析一下。...
James Tam
Feb 16, 20154 min read


The Grievances Behind Occupy Central
Now that the Occupy Central dust has settled in the landfills, it’s time to take a step back to try to understand the nature of the...
James Tam
Feb 16, 20154 min read


美麗北國(4)-芬蘭聖誕與蝗蟲(第2部分):蝗蟲論
在Levi 度假期間,收到友人分享一篇香港 “南華早報” 的報導,說 Lapland 近年的中國旅客,有激增之勢。作者的論點奇特。他解釋中國人到Lapland旅遊,是因為國內基督教崛起。他引述美國Purdue 大學楊教授(有中文名的美國教授,當然是中國國情專家啦!)的見解,...
谭炳昌
Jan 8, 20154 min read


Beautiful North (4) Santa and Locusts Part (2) - Locusts
While I was in Levi, a South China Morning Post article reported that Chinese tourists in Lapland have increased dramatically in the past...
James Tam
Jan 8, 20154 min read
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