CNN, Auntie Beeb and just about every last “western media outlet” has given China excessive hell for not living to “human rights” promises, promising “freedom of speech”, and expanding “democracy”. In fact, for Us Expats (as in not just US (as in United States) expats) based here in China, some of us see things a bit differently.

This is just a “thought post” your blogger’s doing early in the morning… he just flipped through a book on political scandals and was kind of amused to find “reactionary propaganda” against England’s King Charles about four centuries back. (Yep, the poor guy ended up in the Tower all right. Much like your present-day detention and imprisonment.) The upshot?

It’s a given — the tables will eventually turn. Just part of this whole “growing pains” thing. It’s probably not the best time right now to go out and shrieking for change. Good things come to those who wait…