Delaware…Might As Well Be Zimbabwe…
Bill Cammack is a funny man…I’ve been catching these clips in between stuff all day long…
SHORT FILM: PRC History in 30 Minutes
Have you checked out the artwork in this? Excellent narration. I challenge any non-Chinese speaking laowai to speak Mandarin (or any suitable Chinese dialect) as well as this man speaks English (and yes, I’m in my panda-hugging mood today!)
Shotgun Down Da Jing Lu in Shanghai
You have got to love Shanghai…sweet memories of Da Jing Lu.
Your Thoughts About the Korean-American Missionary Robert Park?
So what did you think about Park’s arrival in Beijing? Decidedly anti-climactic?
Decent Summary in The Times About What Currently Ails Sino-US Relations
Michael Sheridan summarizes the various issues plaguing current Sino-US relations in The Times…
Jeff Wasserstrom Describes 4 Reasons Why Sino-US Relations Matter…
Excellent recent TIME.com piece by UC Irvine’s eminent Professor of History Jeff Wasserstrom on why Sino-US matter.
TRAILER | Bioshock 2
Sorry, but you have never seen something like this. Lance Weiler. L.ordie…has anyone played the first version of it?
In Xinjiang, it’s how many sites are open, not the ones that are closed…
Far West China describes how 27 more Chinese websites have been opened across Xinjiang. But email and Twitter are still completely shut down. Can you imagine what life must be like there? Wow…
So Should I Use My Fingers, Mouth, or Body?
I’ve been dreading this post for a while now, but a recent exchange with a friend over Skype last night reminded me how I can’t avoid the subject any longer, hence this post.
Here was the departure point for our chat: you can only be good at one delivery mechanism in social media. That combining your social media efforts across multiple channels – text, audio, and video — needlessly dilutes your cumulative efforts in the space and withers away at your brand identity. It boils down to the following: if you’re a prolific blogger, like my friends Damjan DeNoble and James Flanagan of China Health Care Blog
Courtesy: Damjan DeNoble, Asia Health Care Blog
remain a blogger. Read the rest of this entry »
Documenting the Journey of Peace
It was another escapist weekend of film watching and one of the great ones from my personal collection was Jeremy Gilley’s documentary The Day After Peace.
Jeremy Gilley
Here’s the gist: Gilley, a former British child actor and anti-war activist, has since 1999 been on a crusading mission to persuade the United Nations to declare a global “Day of Peace,” a world-wide single-day of cease-fire where the guns, proverbially, fall silent.

