Chinese food is pretty much my favorite kind of food. I don’t think it was always that way, but traveling to China twice in the past 15 months or so has definitely affected my taste. And the breadth and depth of the cuisine is really something. Go read about it (Chinese Cuisine) on Wiki… Incidentally, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘China’
Chinese Food
Posted in Globalization, Links, tagged China, Food on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Three Cups of Tea
Posted in Globalization, books, tagged China, Olympics, Sports on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I devoured Three Cups of Tea in my downtime at home last week (it was sitting around for awhile, my bro got it for me for Christmas or thereabouts). The book is about one man’s (Greg Mortenson) mission to build schools, especially for girls, in the mountainous regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Definitely a [...]
The Olympics Are Coming
Posted in Globalization, Links, Sports, tagged China, Olympics, Sports on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In spite of some of the ominous clouds hanging over the Olympics (not just the rain clouds!), I find myself getting somewhat excited for the Olympics. I mean, it’s a time when the world can come together and enjoy sport, right? That said, I intentionally avoided buying any Olympics-related merchandise in China as I was [...]
Some links
Posted in Links, tagged China, Darfur, human rights, Links on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A great article from the Washington Post by gold medalist speedskater Joey Cheek regarding action on Darfur.
Lately the news coming out regarding the U.S. executive branch’s abuse of War on Terror prisoners has been pretty stomach-turning. The Guardian is now reporting that the U.S. may be holding terror suspects on Prison Ships. Yuck (I can’t [...]
Oracle Bones
Posted in Links, books, tagged books, China, Links on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished Peter Hessler’s Oracle Bones and I have to say, it was really a marvelous read. A 450-page non-fiction narrative examination of modern (actually more like turn of the 21st century, which isn’t quite modern anymore…) China, the book is insightful and eminently readable. I must say reading stuff about China is a [...]
Keep prayin for China…
Posted in Links, tagged China, prayer on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
And the people who were affected by the recent earthquake in Sichuan Province. Heart-rending stuff…
Links
Posted in Links, tagged China, Links on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some people doing good with basketball.
Encouraging news today: China has done a public about-face of sorts and is now agreeing to meet with envoys from the Dalai Lama. I hope this is a step in the right direction for the future of the region!
Gonna throw this NY Times piece on the U.S.’ disproportionate incarceration rates [...]
Some links
Posted in Links, tagged China, Darfur, Tibet, U2 on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A reasonably-balanced article by NY Times’ Nick Kristof takes a look at some of the political complications of the Tibet issue and the role of the U.S.
If yesterday’s events were any indication (and the events of previous days), the Olympic torch route will be pretty crazy.
A link from Human Rights Watch on the jailing of [...]
Can’t believe the news today
Posted in Links, tagged China on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ugh. Come on China. I’m more measured/lenient when I read China news than most, but this is all bad. Kick out all the foreign reporters. Feed Han Chinese propaganda which stirs up ethnic tensions against Tibetans. Blame the Dalai Lama for violence and trying to undermine the Olympics… I’m so saddened by what’s going on [...]
China, o China
Posted in Globalization, Links, tagged China, Shanghai on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From NYTimes…
Shanghai Residents Stop Maglev Protest. I was mildly amused because nobody can afford to take the Maglev anyway, and supposedly poor planning has caused the maglev to start sinking into Pudong’s swampland. Still, China’s high-tech infrastructural development planning (think Three Gorges Dam) is always… interesting.
My roommate and I also just finished watching the Chinese [...]
