The China Theater, where over 20 million lives (including more than 2 million troops) were lost and over 10 million troops fought, is significantly under-reported in most literature on World War II due to the following reasons: The literature produced outside China usually favors the authors' own countries.  For example,  World War II Day By Day,  published in the UK, covers almost every war-related incident in the UK while touching slightly on some major events in China or the Soviet Union. The Chinese Communist Party, the victor of the Chinese civil war that took place immediately after WWII, writes its own version of history in its favor.  Since it played a minor role in the Sino-Japanese war compared with the Chinese Nationalist Party, and the wartime leader of China,  Chiang Kai-shek , was its #1 enemy,  the CCP deliberately omits or barely touches the major battles in its version of history.  Here are some author's notes in his effort to...

I am referring to diversity in a broad sense and mainly related to culture, worldview, or ideology.  It is a fact that the world has vastly diverse worldviews. Some (not all) religious and political groups try to unify worldviews by force. For example, the ultimate goal of communism is that everyone will have so-called communist conscientiousness. Communists try to achieve this through revolutions and the so-called proletarian dictatorship.  There is no sign to show that this is viable. The knowledge of this fact should be reinforced in the early education of kids. Kids should know that no matter how perfect they think they are, there are always some people who do not like what they are or how they behave, though most free people have kindness. The people who have the most beautiful voices (e.g., Pavarotti, Houston), the kindest hearts (e.g., Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa), the brightest minds (e.g., Einstein, Newton), the bravest people (e.g., foreign volunteers fightin...

Keyu Jin, Harvard-trained professor at the London School of Economics, did it again to defend her beloved PRC. He said in a Lex Fridman interview , "I've rarely seen a more capitalist society than China". Jin, together with Sachs and Mearsheimer, is among the most deceiving scholars who have poisoned millions of innocent minds. If I were retired with a lot of time, I might dedicate myself to fighting the poison spewed out of their mouths.  They are different from grifters who prey on cults with words they want to hear. You can do little with cults. These scholars capitalize on their prominent positions in ivory towers to convince people, who are often highly educated with intense intellectual curiosity, of their narratives with partial facts. It is effective because they appear knowledgeable, credible, and rigorous. I had had enough after watching the video for a few minutes. If I watched the entire video, I might have to write dozens of tweets to relieve my frustration b...

The new Axis of Evil led by the PRC with its Russia province fighting on the Ukraine front may have quantitative advantages regionally, or even globally, but it can never have an overall advantage on the technology front because freedom is the most important factor for innovation. I started to wish the Ukrainian government could appeal to engineers and scientists worldwide to join coordinated efforts to defeat the invaders on the technology front, soon after the Rashists began the full-scale slaughter.  There are so many technological breakthroughs that Ukraine could use to defeat the enemy - jam-resistant drones (they have fiber-optical drones now, but they could be better), reliable wireless communication to replace Starlink that is controlled by an unreliable man, autonomous unmanned land, sea, and aerial vehicles, cost-effective drone and missile intercepters, etc. I was frustrated by not seeing any movement in that direction, though Ukraine is doing a great job in developing i...

This is not a comprehensive essay on visiting Bulgaria. It is a collection of my observations and my own reflections.  Like many Eastern European countries, Bulgaria is underappreciated. It gave me a great first impression, and never disappointed me during my tour. Sofia Beautiful Sofia airport with mountains in its background welcomed me with unbelievable convenience on March 5, 2025. The border control officer smiled and s tamped my passport after I answered his routine question regarding my travel purpose - touring. The metro station was right in front of me after I exited the airport hallway. A policeman guided me to the metro entrance after he noticed I was trying to use my credit card to purchase a ticket at a kiosk. I just needed to tap my credit card at the entrance to enter the platform. The metro station is beautiful and clean. Metro  M2 line took me to the center of Sofia - Serdika. It was a short walk to the M4 platform, and M4 took me to the Central Bus Station, a...