27 Nov 2008 Uncategorized Happy Thanksgiving! No generic "happy holidays" here--we're into the real deal. Thank God for Pilgrims, America, the Founding Fathers, and Deng Xiaoping.
27 Nov 2008 Business China Politics Thailand Article Pass-along Two excellent articles on China from other sites. First, China in the context of the world's melt down--it's not only
25 Nov 2008 China Culture Another Trip to the Healthy Department I spent part of last weekend helping translate for a friend who was in the emergency room of a local hospital. Probably more scary to
20 Nov 2008 Book Reviews Business China Culture Outliers, The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell—BOOK REVIEW Outliers, is the latest thought provoking book from Malcolm Gladwell. I don’t typically review books that I read that are not specifically about business
17 Nov 2008 Business China Culture Ancient Chinese Secret: Don’t Lie (to foreigners), it’s just not worth it. The pearl of wisdom in the title came from my Chinese neighbor in a conversation he and his wife had with my wife about a