Dragon-i 6th anniversary w Jamiroquai!, written 3 days ago, What’s inside the disco ball? Can it possibly be that time of year again? This Saturday is the sixth anniversary of Dragon-i! The club has evolved over the years to become Hong Kong’s quintessential nightspot. The six-year old venue hos...

A blog pertains city of Shanghai in China.

Lhasa, written 1 month ago, Lhasa (ལྷ་ས་) is the capital and most important city in Tibet (བོད་). It is home to Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery and Ganden Monastery which are three of the most important Gelugpa Sect (དགེ་ལུགས་པ) monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism...

Cultural and historical notes (and some economy) on China, and other Asian countries we visit (Bhutan, Malaysia). Living in Xiamen, China.

Reflecting life in this rapidly changing country in the run-up to possibly the most heavily-scrutinized sporting event in history and featuring posts on national preparations from Reuters bureaus around the world.

Communist "Labor camp" Museum opens in Washington, written 2 weeks ago, When America opens up museums to some the less glorious chapters in China's history, you can be certain that Beijing isn't going to be happy. Then again, ACB isn't entirely certain that they are happy about it either

Brand America, Chinese omelettes and running 1 km, written 3 weeks ago, Weekly Snippets Brand America The Brand America is getting close to Sanlu status. Unfortunately it’s easier to change to melamine free baby milk powder than to an USA alternative. Healthy Running Chinese school kids have run 3...

Xiami: P2P music sharing, written 3 days ago, We have been hearing about Xiami’s new beta from multiple sources. Xiami is a P2P music sharing community. The key services include a P2P client, web based metadata directory and economy system. To have a preview of the music, you don’t need the cli...

Deception Pass Bridge, written 1 month ago, Deception Pass in northwestern Washington State - USA

China Daily on Obama Win, written 2 weeks ago, From New York Times Glad to see more positive Black related news in China Daily. hehehe (see what I mean here...) But on a more serious note take a look at this article by Chinese media on Obama's win. It's interesting, and overall positive. The kind...

News, stories, and photos from Lamma Island community and its unique, fascinating inhabitants.

Confucianism in Hard Times, written 1 day ago, Yesterday in class I was talking about Japan in the 1990s, the persistent economic stagnation and the cultural pessimism it spawned (the pessimism is expressed in this article by Masaru Tamamoto, "The Uncertainty of the Self: Japan at Century's End...

Bailout for China Auto's: A Misnomer, written 2 days ago, I have to admit that when I first saw the headline, Facing a Slowdown, China’s Auto Industry Presses for a Bailout From Beijing,  I marveled at how quickly bad ideas now make their way around the globe.  After reading the article, though,...

Global Gal in China and other expat tales

Now I know why all the kids had such big..., written 6 days ago, Now I know why all the kids had such big smiles on their faces !! Clearly having a good time in Shanghai. ( Promise it was only one sip ) ; -))

Good Morning Hong Kong, written 3 weeks ago, Stock Photo ID: hkdigit-20081030-062323 Good Morning Hong Kong.... Cirrocumulus clouds was seen over Tai Mo Shan. The above photo was taken at 06:23 a.m. on 30 October 2008. Tai Mo Shan (大帽山) literally meaning "Big Hat Mountain" has the...

Sichuan's Economic Aftershocks, written 3 days ago, For many now.. if you mention economic meltdown or implosion, pictures of Wall Street and Guangzhou come to mind. However, for those in the earthquake affected regions of China’s southwest provinces, the economic aftershocks are still be felt by ...

to everyone who left last night's billy joel concert early..., written 1 week ago, ... you missed him sing "Piano Man". That'll teach you. After going to concerts in Hong Kong for many years, it seems people are keen to minimise the amount of time they are exposed to the music that they h...

Rich Nations Should Ditch 'Unsustainable' Lifestyle, written 2 weeks ago, Reuters in Beijing | Updated on Nov 07, 2008 Premier Wen Jiabao said rich nations must abandon their “unsustainable lifestyle” to fight climate change and expand help to poor nations bearing the brunt of worsening droughts...

The Peking Duck and its threads are closed, written 1 week ago, [Update: You can now follow Richard on Twitter.] It may be a few weeks, it may be longer. I have goals to meet and decisions to make and I can’t focus on priorities when I have to keep running to the PC to police comments and scour th...