There is a website I cannot visit here in China because it's from Amnesty International (AI). Sad, because it deals with something that Mao Zedong...
Year: 2010
China is…
a country with Muslims and half the world's pork consumption.
confucius never said to use facebook
At a rather good public university in the USA, there is a Confucius Institute.Never mind the criticism about the institute as a propaganda machine,...
i love my enemy of the state
Avatar is now the world's most financially successful film, passing Titanic in global box office revenue. I think this is due to the fact that this...
simple things amuse simple minds
Avatar is now the world's most successful film, earning over 1 billion US dollars in global box office revenue. I think this is due to the fact...
China is…
inventing gunpowder to make fireworks.
comment for the NY Times
The following is feedback I gave to a NY Times survey. It's my opinion. I teach in China. The NY Times and other foreign media sometimes grossly...
China is…
secretly, privately, quietly deploring its reputation as "a mystery."
protest – rickymay style
The new tension between the US and China is not really new, but in my opinion, it's not necessary. China and the US have, at best, a bittersweet...
China is…
converting Tiananmen Square into a parking lot with Chinese characteristics.