Nikkei News (subscription) is saying that China will likely surpass Germany as the world’s largest exporter in 2008.
Total exports surged  17.2% to 1.42 trillion dollars.
I gotta admit, I thought China already was number one. Shows …

You have heard it said that there are a lot of Indians and Chinese.
My friend sent me these images of the 2008 Hajj Pilgrimmage.
I also received some images of Chinese heading to a job fair.
Going …

The world’s tallest verifiable man, Bao Xishun, is a father. There is Leonid Stadnik – 8′ 5″ who is taller than Bao Xishun – 7′ 9″, but Leonid doesn’t want to lay down and get …

Lots of people are looking for jobs. A good friend got laid off. My wife got laid off. We had to lay off our baby sitter.
Here’s a company that is hiring – China Mobile.

I hear …

How many people will celebrate the coming of the New Year this year?
The U.S. census bureau is predicting the world population will be –
6,750,819,383 on 1/1/09.
Of course, it takes 24 hours for the whole …

Asia’s largest railway station can be found in Beijing – Beijing South.
You can find Beijing on a map of China.

The central hall of the railway station is big enough -
1. to fit a Boeing 747
2. …

I used to think that the Japanese were the most advanced when it comes to robots. Well, I guess I still think so.
However, the Chinese have a new robot in their arsenal.

An anti-terrorist bomb disposal …

Maps of China – where the Great Wall is, those, long rivers, the provinces, the capitals. What do I wear and when? How do I get from here to there? And, where’s all the people? …

China launched a remote-sensing satellite, “Yaogan V,” that will take earth satellite photos.The satellite was launched with a Long March-4B carrier rocket, the 114th of the Long March series of carrier rockets
The satellite will be …

I had a friend explain to me once why she never slept in the nude. I don’t remember much because I could only think of her sleeping in the nude.
I think she said the reason …