@soryang
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When I worked in the east, I thought they were asking
what the contents of my stomach were.

I learned this expression in Korean many years ago, from mother in law. It could be taken literally and is also used as a shorthand greeting with people you know socially, like "how are you today?" I haphazardly look at basic Chinese lessons when I get worn out by the crises du jour. I learned recently, from the youtubes, that the Chinese custom is to ask the same thing "Have you eaten?" as a greeting.

吃早了吗? 吃了吗? chī le ma

Propaganda is an extension of advertising. We don't advertise our products defects, not if we can help it. I think it was the documentary The Century of Self which made the comparison of an advertising campaign to get women to smoke to generating a frenzy of hate to conduct war.

Listened to a KJ Noh interview late last night, who discussed this topic. He mentioned the "firehose of falsehoods" and the "ideological deluge." I think he said Rand Corporation came up with these expressions.

UNLOCKED (Full Ep) China's Rise defies US propaganda: Who's winning the battle of ideas? with KJ Noh

He also mentioned the Ford Foundation and a character named Orville Schell, who had some post in Indonesia during the so called "Jakarta solution." He's advertised as one of the major "Sinologists" of the era. I listened to KJ in the truck when satellite radio first became a thing.

I had some intuition that Teresa Teng was a genius when I learned that one of her best selling albums, Dandan youquing, was a collection of songs based on classical Chinese poetry/songs. I was looking at a bio on her in the Chinese wiki I think it was, and realized that her life was complicated by history and politics (she was born in Taiwan, her dad was a KMT officer). She was something of prodigy as a young child, and as she grew up and matured, she mastered a number of Chinese dialects, and Japanese and English. I had set aside this song a while ago, for further study some time ago and got back to it yesterday. I read an excellent (computer translated) analysis of the song on Baidu, that dated the original song/poem on which it's based to 1076CE, Song Dynasty: Water Melody Song: When Will the Bright Moon Appear?. It's one of the paradigms for the Moon/Heaven/nature/life archetype in Asian art forms. I probably posted this before when I first heard it. I was stunned really to find out that the song had a political message, as some highly talented scholars, experienced difficult time at court and tended to find themselves exiled to minor positions in the outer regions, either by consensus, or involuntarily. It's cold in the Jade Palace.

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鄧麗君 Teresa Teng 但願人長久 Wish We Live Long Lives 1986

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@soryang the reply button, so it is down below.

be well and have a good one

I learned this expression in Korean many years ago, from mother in law. It could be taken literally and is also used as a shorthand greeting with people you know socially, like "how are you today?" I haphazardly look at basic Chinese lessons when I get worn out by the crises du jour. I learned recently, from the youtubes, that the Chinese custom is to ask the same thing "Have you eaten?" as a greeting.

吃早了吗? 吃了吗? chī le ma

Propaganda is an extension of advertising. We don't advertise our products defects, not if we can help it. I think it was the documentary The Century of Self which made the comparison of an advertising campaign to get women to smoke to generating a frenzy of hate to conduct war.

Listened to a KJ Noh interview late last night, who discussed this topic. He mentioned the "firehose of falsehoods" and the "ideological deluge." I think he said Rand Corporation came up with these expressions.

UNLOCKED (Full Ep) China's Rise defies US propaganda: Who's winning the battle of ideas? with KJ Noh

He also mentioned the Ford Foundation and a character named Orville Schell, who had some post in Indonesia during the so called "Jakarta solution." He's advertised as one of the major "Sinologists" of the era. I listened to KJ in the truck when satellite radio first became a thing.

I had some intuition that Teresa Teng was a genius when I learned that one of her best selling albums, Dandan youquing, was a collection of songs based on classical Chinese poetry/songs. I was looking at a bio on her in the Chinese wiki I think it was, and realized that her life was complicated by history and politics (she was born in Taiwan, her dad was a KMT officer). She was something of prodigy as a young child, and as she grew up and matured, she mastered a number of Chinese dialects, and Japanese and English. I had set aside this song a while ago, for further study some time ago and got back to it yesterday. I read an excellent (computer translated) analysis of the song on Baidu, that dated the original song/poem on which it's based to 1076CE, Song Dynasty: Water Melody Song: When Will the Bright Moon Appear?. It's one of the paradigms for the Moon/Heaven/nature/life archetype in Asian art forms. I probably posted this before when I first heard it. I was stunned really to find out that the song had a political message, as some highly talented scholars, experienced difficult time at court and tended to find themselves exiled to minor positions in the outer regions, either by consensus, or involuntarily. It's cold in the Jade Palace.

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鄧麗君 Teresa Teng 但願人長久 Wish We Live Long Lives 1986

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@usefewersyllables

I see that, that at least according to Zerohedge, alcohol consumption is nearing historical lows.

That is because I have not had a drink since I had a stroke three years ago. Skewed the numbers big time.

at least according to Zerohedge, alcohol consumption is nearing historical lows.

Good. That leaves more for me.

https://archive.ph/qXZND

A new Gallup poll shows only 54 percent of U.S. adults now drink alcohol — the lowest level in the survey’s 90-year history. Those who do drink also report consuming less, according to the NY Times.