My Mama always said, life is like a bowl of noodles… Well, ok, maybe my Mama has never had a bowl of noodles quite like the ones that I eat here in China. I was hoping some grand metaphor for the Chinese state of mind would fit in here somewhere, but I guess I’m notContinue reading “Bowl of Noodles”
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Ode to Ibu
You Are My Sunshine My only sunshine. You make me happy When skies are grey. You’ll never know, dear, How much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away The other nite, dear, As I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms. When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken And IContinue reading “Ode to Ibu”
China’s Tainted Goods
The recent sale of unsafe and low quality goods produced in China has raised an uproar in the United States and other countries that import products from the Asian giant. In these countries, Chinese produced goods are often thought of as cheap, low quality, and even unsafe knockoffs of things that are more expensive toContinue reading “China’s Tainted Goods”
The Idea of Development
The people of Kunming, China, are facing the question of how exactly to understand and deal with the concept of “progress” in a very unsubtle way. Perhaps in our modern times, the word itself, “progress,” needs to be completely rethought. With consequences that seem to be so incredibly ambiguous, perhaps the process indicative in theContinue reading “The Idea of Development”
In land of Mosques, defining the role of a unique Islam
Indonesia has been getting a lot of press lately, due to recent domestic as well as international activities. In the country, Indonesia has made several arrests, and seems to be on a campaign to clamp down on the Islamic radical groups that have been responsible for violence and acts of terror, such as the bombingsContinue reading “In land of Mosques, defining the role of a unique Islam”
Lip Service Vs. Real Intentions
The direction that China takes as it continues to develop its policy, both domestic and foreign, should be the concern of everyone in the world. With the largest population and a rapidly developing economy, the impact the rapidly changing country will have on the world in the next few years is going to be exponentiallyContinue reading “Lip Service Vs. Real Intentions”
Game Epidemic
Both boys and girls, school children from the very young all the way to university students crowd the internet cafes of China. It’s a statistic that may be interpreted by some as the rise of the empowered and informed masses, the armament of a population to resist the singularly dominating force that is the ChineseContinue reading “Game Epidemic”