Lao Shi

An article in today’s NY Times on Guangzhou (capital of Guangdong Province in Southern China) reported on how the increase in the city’s wealth has brought with it a rise in crime, in particular from gangs on motorbikes. To fight the crime wave the city government has instituted a ban on motorbikes and motorcycles that […]

Has news of this reached the states? On December 26th an earthquake measuring 7.1 or 7.2 (depending on source) hit Taiwan, damaging over half of the fiber-optic cables bringing internet access to Southern Asia.
Hong Kong, parts of China, India and Singapore won’t have complete access for the next week or two. Yesterday I […]

On December 18th, the State Council (whatever that is) issued the calendar of holidays for 2007, including days off for New Year – both the Chinese New Year in February, and the Roman Calendar New Year on January 1st. The schedule dictates that Tuesday, January 2nd and Wednesday, January 3rd will be given off, with […]

The New York Times featured an article on Tibet in the Travel section today.
Tibet has achieved such a great amount of buzz among Chinese tourists that in September I heard CCTV (the government controlled system of television stations) advise travelers to delay going to Tibet until the current travel boom slowed down. The Times article […]

This article on netiquette in The New York Times fascinates me: I’ve been using the sign off “best” in both formal and friendly emails and have never thought about its impact. Have I been sending a cool, overly formal message in my send offs? This article implies as much, whereas I’ve always thought […]

Democrats taking Congress is one great thing, but these two are personal:
Pennsylvania has finally cleaned the Santorum out of its offices…

Is that girl crying over her dad’s defeat, or because of mom dressed her like a Christian Cabbage Patch Doll?
And Rummy is finally gone too? It’s a twofer!!

Don’t cry Rummy, it just is what […]

Coming off of a break always leaves me in a funk. That, combined with my growing unsettlement about the Christian community at the school, put me in a hell of a bad mood today. Please allow me to unload.
A few weeks ago, mysterious posters appeared on the school’s walls advertising the “KG Club.” They […]

After 4 people died of rabies in Mouding County in Yunnan Province (including a four year old girl), the CCP decided that all the dogs must die.  After a five day campaign, almost all of the estimated 50,000 dogs in the county were slaughtered.  (How is that estimate derived anyway?  Something tells me the dogs […]

Interesting report from the New York Times today on China banning The DaVinci Code.
The threat of social unrest was cited by religious authorities in Beijing as a reason to remove the film from theaters, according to people told about the decision. But China Film did not issue the withdrawal order until ticket sales passed the […]