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Confucius for thee but not for me bit.ly/L7XAUT about 10 hours ago via twitterfeed
Mencius: 民為貴，社稷次之，君為輕; The people are of greatest importance, the altars of soil and grain are next, the ruler is least important. about 10 hours ago via web
Some Confucian Compassion for Bei Bei Shuai, Please! bit.ly/KYFeJW 11:40 AM May 31st via twitterfeed
The Porosity of Culture bit.ly/LGHzX2 1:23 PM May 30th via twitterfeed
obvious lesson of the day: don't handle rattlesnakes: washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl… 7:28 AM May 30th via web
The Dao of Inter-Cultural Commensurability bit.ly/L24hdb 1:20 PM May 29th via twitterfeed
@gadyepstein @siweiluozi Don't forget the venerable "Chinese" curse: to live in interesting times. #FakeChinaExpert 5:23 AM May 28th via web in reply to gadyepstein
Ye Xiaogang: "...I mean, we’re not North Korea. We’re different. But the whole society is like before an earthquake.” rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/as-… 12:21 PM May 25th via web
Confucius Institutes are not about Confucius bit.ly/Kn6uR3 9:41 AM May 25th via twitterfeed
Li Chengpeng: "Patriotism is about speaking more truth." nytimes.com/2012/05/26/opi… 8:58 AM May 25th via web
Confucius Institutes are not about Confucius bit.ly/JBWtmC 8:12 AM May 25th via TypePad
@seeingredchina just cleaning up the "foreign trash"... 6:14 PM May 24th via web in reply to seeingredchina
@mauracunningham if you get a chance you might ask him about Iran/NK/Russia and what they mean for US-China. 10:48 AM May 24th via web in reply to mauracunningham
@mauracunningham The neocons Romney likes can create problems (Iran; Russia; NK) that would worsen US-China relations: abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics… 10:42 AM May 24th via web in reply to mauracunningham
Daoism is not a Strategy bit.ly/LjlL3H 9:36 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
Daoism is not a Strategy bit.ly/JzRPWi 7:28 AM May 24th via TypePad
@Dali_Yang did they know about the blind guy in Shandong?.... 8:38 AM May 23rd via web in reply to Dali_Yang
On Global Cultural Influence in Modern/Post-Modern Times bit.ly/KO17ZP 7:15 AM May 23rd via TypePad
@jkbloodtreasure actually, EXL argues that everything validates PRC authoritarianism. That solar eclipse: superiority of socialism... 7:14 PM May 22nd via web in reply to jkbloodtreasure
@MeetChina #WWYRD? (What Would Yang Rui Do?) 4:01 PM May 22nd via web in reply to MeetChina

Name Sam Crane
Location Williamstown, MA, USA
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Bio I teach Chinese politics and ancient philosophy at Williams College and blog at The Useless Tree: Ancient Chinese Thought in Modern American Life