Western commentators on China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)are not always kind. Disparaging remarks about "
The city maintains a low-key ambience for the World Expo For a city about to receive an estimated 70 million visitors, Shanghai is remarkably composed as it nears the opening of the World Expo. Walking along the Bund ...The city maintains a low-key ambience for the World Expo For a city about to receive an estimated 70 million visitors, Shanghai is remarkably composed as it nears the opening of the World Expo. Walking along the Bund and strolling through the former French Concession on a Saturday afternoon in spring, it would be easy for a foreign visitor not to realize what is going on. There are notices in展开更多
Yrou may recall the media reported at the beginning of this year a strange new global phenomenon-the pajama ban. It started in Cardiff, in Wales in the United Kingdom, in January. A Tesco supermarket in the St Mellon ...Yrou may recall the media reported at the beginning of this year a strange new global phenomenon-the pajama ban. It started in Cardiff, in Wales in the United Kingdom, in January. A Tesco supermarket in the St Mellon area of Cardiff escorted an indignant Elaine Carmody展开更多
"Once the door is open, it is impossible to close it again," said a Chinese friend as we discussed this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC) debates on the subject of the economy. In other words, while ..."Once the door is open, it is impossible to close it again," said a Chinese friend as we discussed this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC) debates on the subject of the economy. In other words, while the economic moves approved in Premier Wen Jiabao’s government work report were fairly cautious-no展开更多
Anyone who has spent any time in the English-speaking world is likely to have heard of Sod’s Law. Not a law of physics or mathematics, but one expressing a simple human truth: If a thing can go wrong it will go wrong...Anyone who has spent any time in the English-speaking world is likely to have heard of Sod’s Law. Not a law of physics or mathematics, but one expressing a simple human truth: If a thing can go wrong it will go wrong (and usually at the most inconvenient moment). Sod’s Law explains why the oven goes展开更多
Living as an expatriate in China,one becomes a connoisseur of cultural differences.My Chinese friends are anxious to educate me in the subtleties of "face," in China’s "years of hu-miliation," and...Living as an expatriate in China,one becomes a connoisseur of cultural differences.My Chinese friends are anxious to educate me in the subtleties of "face," in China’s "years of hu-miliation," and in the展开更多
文摘Western commentators on China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)are not always kind. Disparaging remarks about "
文摘The city maintains a low-key ambience for the World Expo For a city about to receive an estimated 70 million visitors, Shanghai is remarkably composed as it nears the opening of the World Expo. Walking along the Bund and strolling through the former French Concession on a Saturday afternoon in spring, it would be easy for a foreign visitor not to realize what is going on. There are notices in
文摘Yrou may recall the media reported at the beginning of this year a strange new global phenomenon-the pajama ban. It started in Cardiff, in Wales in the United Kingdom, in January. A Tesco supermarket in the St Mellon area of Cardiff escorted an indignant Elaine Carmody
文摘"Once the door is open, it is impossible to close it again," said a Chinese friend as we discussed this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC) debates on the subject of the economy. In other words, while the economic moves approved in Premier Wen Jiabao’s government work report were fairly cautious-no
文摘Anyone who has spent any time in the English-speaking world is likely to have heard of Sod’s Law. Not a law of physics or mathematics, but one expressing a simple human truth: If a thing can go wrong it will go wrong (and usually at the most inconvenient moment). Sod’s Law explains why the oven goes
文摘Living as an expatriate in China,one becomes a connoisseur of cultural differences.My Chinese friends are anxious to educate me in the subtleties of "face," in China’s "years of hu-miliation," and in the
