The average price of an apartment in Beijing – Y20,000 per square meter. The average price of a tomb – the same.
Thank goodness, a dead guy doesn't take up too much space, need to go t…
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Can’t Afford to Live, Can’t Afford to Die in China
Chinese Fight, Go to Court Over Who’s Wife is More Beautiful
Two classmates met up for a reunion.
(Sounds like a joke, but it isn't.)
The two exchanged stories over drinks and one of the 93 million Wangs in China got drunk.
See – 93 million people wi…
Chinese Art Collector Buys Nude First Lady Bruni Photo for $91K
A baserunner leads off of first base.
The first baseman sneaks up behind and asks, "Do you have any nude pictures of your wife?"
"Nope," says the baserunner.
"You wanna buy s…
Toyota Plans 2nd Plant for India
Toyota is interested in the growth opportunity that presents itself in India.
So much so, the company has a second plant in the works for India.
The plant will be up and running by 2010, rolling out s…
Who’s Got It Right on How China is Handling Tibet?
The torch came and went nearby my house last week. In the end, the mayor of San Francisco had to secretly reroute the run at the last minute to keep protestors from making fools of themselves in a bid…
READ MOREHow Amazing Can an Autistic Person Be
Chinese like to be number one. Who doesn't?
There's an amazing autistic woman in China who found a job at a local library as a librarian.
She:
1. can remember telephone numbers of an "unb…
Ebb and Flow of Chinese Students
Chinese students go abroad to study. In 2007, 144,000 headed overseas to study, up almost 8% from 2006.
Last year, 44,000 came home, up almost 5% from 2006.
Of the returnees, 8,500 went abroad on the …
Singapore Fashion Festival – Snakes and Diamond Studded Thongs
I know why I think fashion shows are ridiculous.
What I don't know is why people think they are not.
I am married to a fashion designer and I still can't figure it out.
Doesn't matter whic…
How Not to Drive a Lamborghini LP640 in China
Some knucklehead in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, drove the only Lamborghini in the city (country?) into a roadside flowerbed.
If you have to ask, you can't afford it but the car goes f…
China’s 3-Step Plan to Energy Independence
China wants to depend on the fat cats in bed sheets sitting in their silver made (not silver-plated) Mercedes in garages with Swardovski Crystal chandeliers for lights…in their garages!
China ha…
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