by Tom | Sep 7, 2011 | View
New Dramatic Footage Of Japanese Tsunami – Worldcrunch. Just amazing how the tsunami is both surprisingly slow and faster than you might expect and also quite how high up it deposits junk from the start point. Also time to remember that none of it is really...
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
Why Every Maker Should Learn Chinese has some useful hints on applications and websites to use.
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Reading
When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? The answer certainly wasn’t what I had imagined.
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
SPIEGEL Interview with Henry Kissinger: ‘Mao Might Consider Modern China to Be Too Materialistic’. Some good stuff in there around a model for the CPC based on Mexico’s PRI, that we can’t claim to understand China’s 4000 year history and...
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | View
I really enjoyed Can We Talk About This? a masterful and non-judgemental exploration of free speech and Islam. Well worth a view if it happens your way on its world tour. For a relatively new show, the performers were incredibly assured while moving and monologuing...
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
I read this headline in the BBC news feed (now changed on the article) and wondered how this piece of HK current affairs (helpers are not currently allowed to claim permanent residence after seven years like most other workers) had made it to the BBC front page. In...
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Confessions of a Chinese high school student | Danwei.
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | View
African Portraits by Mario Gerth. Fabulous.
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Business
The Great Bank Robbery. Taleb and Spitznagel absolutely nail a key issue: why do investors (especially institutional ones) own shares in banks?
by Tom | Sep 5, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Ai Weiwei Has The Last Word. For Now has a slightly downbeat take on the reasonably forthright Grauniad coverage. The full Newsweek article is also worth a read. He’s certainly set a challenge to the government. Will it bite?
