Life in China and Other Expat Tales
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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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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.
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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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As a nurse, toilet talk has never been a taboo for me, but evidently it is for the rest of the world. I was reading Foreign Policy Magazine’s blog (which is great reading, btw), and learned that it is such a big taboo that millions are dying every year because they don’t have access to [...]
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It’s election day in the US, or at least it will be in a few hours. Instead of talking about politics, I want to return to the topic of Internet censorship that I brought up a few posts ago.
Reporters without Borders is organizing an online protest against Internet censorship. They’ve highlighted the world’s worst countries [...]
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Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to hang.
How do I feel about that? I don’t really like to talk about the impending death of anyone. I’ll be honest that I am a pacifist. I think it is difficult to be in the medical profession, especially in the role of a nurse, and not be a pacifist. [...]
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Because I’m a blogger and because right now I have the time, I read a TON of blogs. It actually becomes somewhat addictive!
Anyway, my new favorite website is an aggregator of blogs from all over the world.
Global Voices is an ambitious little project started by the Berkmen Center for Internet and Society at Harvard [...]
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I’ve been haunted by the images of Cambodia from the books I have been reading. I suppose that I grew up knowing that something happened there. I didn’t know what exactly, and had no idea the extent of the brutality, but I did know that there was a war, just as there was war in [...]
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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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