By Bal(t)imoron, 3 months and 9 days ago
Deconstruction of a Protest
McClatchy's Tim Johnson deconstructs in effect today's Beijing-escorted reporters' trip to Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. What makes it so postmodern is the fact that no reporter was actually there.
Okay, so imagine you're a Chinese official in charge of public relations for this disaster: How do you spin it? Do you say the monks drank funny kool-aid this morning? Do you avoid explanations and just move on? Can you plausibly contend that all these monks are part of the «Dalai clique» and have been infiltrated into one of the holiest sites of Tibetan Buddhism?
Or do you just sit and feel that indigestion bubble up in the tummy, another Maalox moment, and prepare to go to the woodshed?
Who knew Tim Johnson was writing a novel?
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