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News of speed train derailment in Wenzhou travels fast
Weeks after the Wenzhou high-speed train collision, people in China are still angry. Online resentment and a more loose lipped state media are clear signs that there is a hunger from the people to know the truth, and an urge for journalists to start providing those truths.
Driving in China (and why I’ll never do it)
Driving in China is like going on a suicide mission. Every day, I am at the mercy of audacious taxi drivers and reckless bus drivers. Some might call them valiant; I call them foolhardy. Most in China accept it as ‘normal.’ But the fact is these dare devils put our lives at risk every day.
A trip to Yiwu: where 1/4 of the world’s drinking straws are made
This region of Zhejiang is famous for manufacturing little things: lightbulbs, pens, lamps, screw drivers, faucets, Q-tips. A quarter of the world’s drinking straws are made in Yiwu. Here, I saw the littlest things marketed on the largest of scales.
Salt
There is widespread panic across China today – people are rushing to buy as much kitchen salt as they can. Stores are raising their prices to cash in on the frenzy, meanwhile consumers continue to buy in bulk.
My Mother the Tigress
I called my Mother on Skype this morning to discuss the excerpt of Amy Chua‘s new book published on the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. Reading Chua’s article, my Mom said, was like reading ...
Too Asian?
I took a few days to think this over before posting. I didn’t want to respond too quickly, for fear of getting swept up in all the emotion and drama the story is causing in ...
Really? I mean, really?
This U.S. ad put on television by the “Citizens Against Government Waste” is appalling. It depicts a Beijing classroom in 2030 with a Chinese professor lecturing about the fall of great empires. The latest empire ...