22 Sep 2006 Culture Politics “It’s All Good Fun! But not as fun as 15 years ago!” [THAILAND COUP] Since the coup in Thailand a couple days ago, I’ve received several emails from friends and had multiple conversations with Western folks who are
03 Sep 2006 Culture History with Chinese Characteristics Junior and senior school students in Shanghai get new textbooks as they start school this fall. So what? you may say. But these new textbooks
08 Aug 2006 Business Culture Marathon Monday Sometimes it’s just amazing what can be accomplished in China. The fact that I live in the middle of the worlds largest industrial zone
01 Aug 2006 Business Culture One more step back More news has come out on the freezing of North Korean assets in Macao. Last week I wrote and said that the freezing of assets
01 Aug 2006 China Culture News from the Healthy Department My observation about Chinese hospitals is that the birth rate is higher than the death rate, so their still in business. They’re not saving