Archive for October, 2006

TweetAt a recent house show in Beijing, 1000 visitors were given a survey to which 961 responded. Shouldn’t that response alone be some kind of record?
Some of the results are:
1. 86.4% said hou…

TweetEverything is older, been there longer, first done, discovered or invented in China. Now China can lay claim to having found the oldest houses – 6,000 year old, 200 square meter above-groun…

TweetA poll was conducted of 354 Chinese Americans who were chosen at random nationwide by from a surname list.
They were asked a series of questions about their attitudes toward China and their views…

TweetNow before any Chinese readers get their underwear tied in a knot, note that these recommendations were posted in the Shanghai Daily. Meaning, it is not me that is saying Chinese are rude, uncout…

TweetI have been predicting that come the end of the 2008 games bad loans will surface like oil on water. I still think so.
But for now, China has seen improvement in the ration of bad loans to good. …

TweetJackie Chan amazes me. Largely because he is the same age as me. Moreso because he can do things I never could or will be able to.
The movie "Rob-B-Hood" is a Chan version of ‘Thr…

TweetChina’s electric train network (the big kind, not the toy kind) grew to 24,000 kilometers (abt 15,000 miles) after the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway opened up this month.
That addition made Chin…

TweetA poll was conducted of 354 Chinese Americans who were chosen at random nationwide by from a surname list.
They were asked a series of questions about their attitudes toward China and their views…