Jul 24 2008
I’m surprised, with Olympic in sight, Sichuan or China in that matter, hasn’t executed few corrupted officials and contractors, or scape goats, a far better way to pacify the grieving and angry parents than money alone. The parents do deserve compensation, but unless the justice is done, there will be a deep hole in their hearts. [...]
Jul 22 2008
Fen qing, angry youth is a term that widely used in China nowadays. When I first saw it, I thought about the sent-down young city slickersduring the Cultural Revolution. When they finally managed to get back to their home towns, most were jobless and uneducated, a bleak future await.. hence the title fen qing.
But the fen [...]
Jul 18 2008
Wow .. wondering if Al Sharpton knew any of this, that the South China Morning Post reported Friday that the crackdown on bars included police forcing bar managers in the popular Sanlitun district to sign agreements pledging not to allow black people into bars during the Olympic Games, as well as other “undesirable” elements.
I think [...]
Jul 17 2008
(一)某次去飯館吃飯，菜譜上有道菜叫「青龍過海」覺得新鮮，於是點了一道，結果盤子端上來一看，一碗清湯，上面漂著一棵蔥…
(二)我在公司樓下的飯店點過一道菜 :「母子相會」，上來一看，居然是黃豆炒黃豆芽。
(三)我點過一個「走在鄉間的小路上」，是紅燒豬腳，然後邊上鑲點香菜。
(四)有一次和同學去巴山吃飯，然後發現有一個涼菜叫做「 一國兩制」，隨口問服務員這是什麼，服務員說 :「就是煮花生米和炸花生米」。
(五)我吃過一道菜叫做「火山下大雪」，就是涼拌西紅柿(台灣叫做蕃茄)上面灑上白糖。
(六)還吃過一道菜,叫「青龍臥雪」，就是一盤白糖上面放根黃瓜。
(七)某日在宴賓樓吃飯點了道「悄悄話」，端上來一看，原來是豬舌頭和豬耳朵。
(八)我點過一道菜叫「絕代雙驕」，就是青辣椒加紅辣椒
(九)有一個叫「心痛的感覺」，其實就是一杯白開水（50元）。
(十)有位朋友去泰山玩，在一家小麵館點了一份「牛拉麵」，後來發現一片牛肉也沒有。於是叫來店主論理，得到的答案是：做麵條的師傅姓牛！朋友當場幾乎暈倒，問：你們就不考慮長久生意嗎？店主答曰：一般的客人一生也就來一次泰山，能到我這兒吃一碗麵 我已經很幸運了！
China’s attitude needed change. The naming of the dishes are pretty cute, as long as it indicates what it is, I think it’s just fine: buyer be aware.
Jul 08 2008
Search for ’Beijing airport roof collapsed ’ see what you got. I got nothing. The following e-mail I just received that prompted me to google. Instead, I got eyeful of the new T3 terminal opening .. ..
BJS New capital Airport T3 roof was collapsed during the heavy rain storm last week. There are facilities breakdown since it has opened. Two [...]
Jun 28 2008
Uma Thurman’s Dad is a professor of Buddhist studies at Columbia University and the first Americanto be ordained as a Tibetan monk. He claimed that Dalai Lama used to come to his house in the old days in Manhattan. He said “No Chinese people lived in Tibet before 1950. Zero.”, and Hu Jintao keeps denouncing [...]
Jun 23 2008
Ahha there he is. I’ve been wondering all those time where is Richard Gere. He’s one of the earliest Dalai Lama celeb followers, if not the first. Sharon got stoned for her comment and Dior pulled her ad immediately in China. Hmmmmm… The 45 seconds commercial is nicely made, and he looks gorgeous - why [...]
Jun 20 2008
Ouuch. I often fret about the fairness of competition between the government funded and free willing. In a way, I reckon in the end things are pretty equal? How’s to say those athletes are ‘forced’? They could forgo the temptation of fame/money, be what they were before. I’m not justifying the treatment or pressure of the government, [...]
Jun 17 2008
Not long ago, Chinese officials sat across conference tables from American officials and got an earful. I never thought that one size does or can fit all. Some officials are promoting a Chinese style of economic management that they suggest serves developing countries better than the American model, in much the same way they argue that they [...]
Jun 16 2008
Two weekends ago, a couple came to dinner and presented us this handsome percurment: a 1992 collector’s edition’s dry red from China. The English label reads Grand Dragon Cabernet Dry Red. It grew and produced in Yantai in Shandong province by Weilong. The little booklet claims that Yantai has similar soil and climate to the famed French region, [...]
Jun 11 2008
The NYT editorial should get out of their office, take a day or two to visit China. Just walk down the streets, they’ll learn plenty. Pls, give me a break. Actually a sizable Beijingers couldn’t wait till the game’s over, long before it even started - so things can go back to normal, like party till [...]
Jun 03 2008
Happened to be in Flushing this past Saturday, caught a glimpse of Fa Lungong - streets were closed with heavy police presence. I see them linger in Flushing a lot, around the main library. The drums were loud to the point you wanted to tell them to get lost. The surrounding businesses were impatient. [...]
May 28 2008
King likes history. He asked me what history course should he take in his sophomore year, World or European. I teased him, how about Chinese history? He replied, “Mom, there isn’t one.” I know, I know. Our school language department has expanded to inlcude Chinese in the middle school, but history curriculum hasn’t changed. Asia is [...]
May 28 2008
If it takes ten thousand deaths to make the Mandarin to be more humane in public, so the earthquake in Sichuan would be it. The 1976 quake didn’t do it. Loosen up Grandpa Wen (this is so uniquely Chinese would never ever happened in the west.. .. can you image dabbing W Grandpa Bush, or Grandpa Kissinger??), [...]
May 27 2008
Long before Mick Jagger and the Dream Threter, there was Henry Kissinger, the very first rock star in the People’s Republic of China, not just American rock star, he was the most talked about rocker, period. Famous and larger than his boss Nixon.
Auntie Spalding’s 4×4 meter home (a single room) in Building 16 was the little salon for [...]
May 26 2008
Front page news that the saint in orange is losing the support of many of his followers inside Tibet because of the Chinese government’s refusal to strike a deal with him over the territory’s future. How timely when China and the rest of the world is centered on the earthquake in China, trying to save [...]
May 22 2008
Did Kishore Mahbubani develop this idea from me? :) A well written article. And this one was published in the newspaper, not as a letter to the editor. .. When the 1.2b Muslims seeing China and India prosper, they’ll learn to ask why can’t we look like Chidia? And a successful Beijing Olympic game is a positive [...]
May 20 2008
Some speculate that China has granted few delegates Japan and Taiwan to the earthquake area is rescue diplomacy, in light of disastrous Tibet affair in March. (Someone circulates this:
Jan 25 snow Storm, 1+2+5=8;
March 14 Tibet riot, 3+1+4=8 and
May 12 earthquake, 5+1+2=8 —> 08.08.08 Olympic - coincidence? Hope all is well with the summer game!)
Tzu Chi fm Taiwan is [...]