day macha

The real art, however, lies in the pitch. Sometimes Sonam pretends that he is a woman to lure a Chinese man into conversation but mostly he just taps into China’s online political subculture. “You have to start with personal stuff, then move on to social problems and political problems, then Tibet,” he said. “It’s no use just quoting the BBC or CNN. You have to analyse China’s problems and show how it is violating its own laws and constitution. The best way is to ask questions, rather than to lecture.” (link)

Ah, Socrates.  Hopefully they are logically leading questions rather than psychologically leading questions.

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