Life in China and Other Expat Tales
From the category archives:
What I’ve been reading this past week (er, weekend actually.)
China:
Five Myths About China’s Economy – Washington Post 11 April 2010 – HT to @NiuB
Stability Preservation in China – ChinaGeeks 10 April 2010 – HT to @GraniteStudio
The World:
Unrest in Thailand – The Big Picture from The Boston Globe 9 April 2010
If You Want to Understand Kyrgyzstan, [...]
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A man has infiltrated Heathrow’s runway…with a bag. I guess we know what’s coming next, right?
“Attention all travelers. Drop your bags at the doors. Repeat. Drop your bags. For your own security and well-being you are now only allowed to board the aircraft with the clothes on your back and an ID. Move along.”
Man Arrested [...]
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Ummm, yeah, I’m gonna say no:
Group Seeks Volunteers to Get Malaria
The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 5, 2008; 5:54 PM
SEATTLE — The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with malaria. Scientists say no lives are in danger because the volunteers can be cured. The institute is [...]
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reading right now (And what I think you should read, too!)
Has AT&T Lost Its Mind? by Tim Wu – So I hear AT&T wants to filter the Internet. Bad idea, here’s why. Last time I checked, we were living in 2008 not 1984.
Waving Good-bye to Hegemony by Parag Khanna – just what will the new [...]
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I should have posted this on Thanksgiving, but why restrict being thankful to just one day!?
From Foreign Policy magazine, 5 reasons we should all be thankful:
Your plane isn’t going to crash! Better safety standards make air flight incredibly safe! (I can vouch for this one!)
Fewer kids are dying. Health care basics like vaccines, mosquito nets, [...]
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Expand your mind a bit with the top 25 censored stories of 2007. Among the stories are:
Future of Internet Debate
Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
High-Tech Genocide in the Congo
Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy
US Operatives Tortured Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and [...]
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Speaking of being fortunate…
Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for the New York Times, recently wrote an article about slavery in the world today. He illustrated the idea that slavery is still widespread these days with the story of a young Cambodian girl who was kidnapped in an attempt to sell her into a prostitution ring.
I [...]
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Ever wondered just how rich you are? Feeling like a poor person because you couldn’t get a new computer this year or your car is a few years old? Want a new perspective?
Visit the Global Rich List webpage. Just plug-in your yearly income, in USD, CAD, British Pounds, Yen or Euros and you will receive [...]
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The day I heard about the invasion of Kuwait, August 2nd 1990, I was 14 years old and I didn’t want to be a nerdy kid who cared about world politics. In my school that got you nowhere. I wanted to care about the latest band, the latest song, shopping and hairstyles. (Like how to [...]
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When I think of Myanmar, (actually I think of Burma) I think of a tropical country hidden behind a curtain of oppression and isolation. Burma is a place that I would love to visit – if and when the ruling junta are out of power and Aung San Suu Kyi is no longer under house [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. This blog explores life in China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. 
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