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I will be on the John Gormley radio show on CKOM 650 on Monday August 10th at 12:05 pm MST/Calgary/Saskatoon time … I will be speaking about my book, TAKING ON CHINA: How I Freed My Husband from Jail – A Memoir by Karen Patterson, and Canada / China relations. Hosted by Mike Couros, asContinue reading “Interview on CKOM 650 – Saskatoon!”

As a politician with firsthand experience of injustice, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s recent declaration that she will not remain silent on sexism because to be would “be a form of acceptance” struck a chord with millions globally, I among them. AOC as she is known – New York’s 14 th Congressional District congresswoman – said becauseContinue reading “Silence is an enabler of China’s human rights abuse”

Tomorrow, Friday July 31st 2020 at 10:35 am MST/Calgary time I will be talking about my book, TAKING ON CHINA, on CHQR 770 with host Danielle Smith. Click to tune in

The present tensions, albeit escalating tensions on a daily basis, between China and the United States, calls for us to be familiar with the Magnitsky Act, as it might end up coming into effect sooner than later. I found this explanation on Wikipedia, so instead of re writing it, take a look here: “The Magnitsky Act,Continue reading “What is the Magnitsky Act and why is it relevant now?”

I just received word from the producer of CBC’s HOMESTRETCH afternoon program that I will be chatting with Doug Dirks on Friday July 24th 2020 around 3:30 pm or so about my book, TAKING ON CHINA: How I Freed My Husband from Jail – A Memoir by Karen Patterson. You can tune in on https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio?radio_one=calgary&cbc_music=edmontonContinue reading “CBC’s Homestretch Interview …”

This just on the internets this morning, hot off the press … https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/calgary-author-overcame-trauma-to-pen-memoir-about-her-battle-to-free-her-husband-from-chinese-detainment

Today I received a box of author copies of my book, what a neat feeling. Crisp, clean and ready to be read.

RIP Liu Xiaobo, today (July 13th, 2020) is the anniversary of his death. Liu Xiaobo was one of the writers who drafted the CHARTER 08 that called for adjustments to the government, not to over throw the Chinese Communist Party. For this, he was sentenced to 11 years in jail in 2009. He made globalContinue reading “Liu Xiaobo – RIP”

Not a short read, by any stretch, but what I feel to be an important read … very thorough on the history of Maoism outside of China’s borders, debunking the myth/impression that China keeps to herself – India, Indonesia, Cambodia, countries across Africa, Nepal, Europe and Peru – among others – have been influenced byContinue reading “MAOISM: A Global History by Julia Lovell (2019)”

In the spring of 2019 I was invited to participate in an art exhibition titled Art: Key to Conflict Resolution, to be exhibited in Athens, Greece, July 17th to 31st, 2019. I was over the moon, as I had no idea that I would ever be invited to show my art works again, after soContinue reading “Art and Greece: Summer 2019”