Finally finished watching Oliver Stone's Ukraine On Fire . It took me 3 days. I had no idea Stone was a first-rate propagandist. I thought he was just a typical Hollywood doper. Allow me just make three points.  1. Like any typical propaganda, Stone presents only one side or a few spots of one side of a story. The big difference between Stone and any typical CCP propagandist is that Stone makes his story look extensively researched with reviews from a slew of people. All the interviewed people are from Putin's side, but not everyone knows them well, so I can imagine innocent people falling for his narrative. He does not even bother to pretend to show the argument from the other side. 2. He also tries to show the historical background of the events, but in an extremely highly selective way to show all the problems of Ukrainians while completely avoiding the massive tragedies caused by the Soviets. Ukrainian soil is among the richest but 3.5 M Ukrainians died during the Holodomor...

 The Western delusion about the PRC regarding Putin’s invasion is almost unbearable. It is extremely baffling because the CCP is not hiding its views. Many in the West still lack the fundamental understanding of the CCP.   Allow me to share some basic understanding of the CCP relevant to Putin’s slaughter. I know the CCP’s mindset well because that is what grew up with thanks to intensive brainwashing. I also happened to be able to access CCP’s internal documents when I was a kid.  I will try to be brief by skipping rehashing the CCP’s history. The basic way of CCP’s operation has never changed since its inception. You see the same pattern in its entire history. They start with a fairly simple view of the world which can change back and forth over time, then devise the so-called “line, principles, and policies” ( 路线、方针、政策 ). I prefer translating them to “direction, strategy, and policy” (DSP). The CCP's politburo sets the DSP (now the middle school dropout is ...