I just want to put in a link to Scott Adam’s blog (the creator behind Dilbert for those who care). It is China in Dilbert’s eyes if you may. Here is the link, and here is an exerpt.
First of all, there are 1.3 billion Chinese, but only 73 million of them are members of the [...]
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Scott Adams on China
Posted in China, Politics, Random on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How tourists behave in China
Posted in China, Random, Travel / Shopping on October 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For my most recent trip to China, I used a travel agent called WildChina. WildChina is a high-end travel agent tailored for foreign tourists who prefers the unbeaten path, yet requires a lot of hand holding. They organizes private customized tours and supplies a 24/7 (almost!) tour guide and driver. I would recommend them if [...]
An interview
Posted in Business, China, Random on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interviewer (I)
Candidate (C): profile – 25 yrs old, hometown in the north China province, graduated from a design college in Beijing
I: Why did you decide to get into this industry?
C: I wasn’t that good of a student in high school. My teacher saw my talent in drawing and suggested I go to a design college. [...]
What should China feel like?
Posted in Culture, Random, Travel on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On a recent trip to Beijing, I met an American who was on his first visit to China. He made a comment that he’s a bit disappointed about Beijing because it “didn’t feel like China”. I wasn’t quite sure how to respond since, 1) if that was his first visit, how does he know what China should [...]
The thing about jetlag…
Posted in Random on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve received all kinds of advices about getting over jetlag quickly. Some suggested that I stay awake on the 13 hr flight and crash at night. Some suggested that I take Ambien, or Tylenol cold or some other forms of chemicals. Some suggested that I keep a slightly off-cycle in Beijing so the adjustment will [...]
Happy Chinese New Year! (2/7, tomorrow)
Posted in Culture, Random, ThinkChina Matters on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year everyone… It’s the year of the Rat.
The Rat is supposedly the start of the twelve year Zodiac cycle. If you’re born in the year of the Rat, here’s who you are, according to Wikipedia:
Being the first sign of the Chinese zodiacs, rats are leaders, pioneers and conquerors. They are charming, passionate, [...]
Flight Talk II
Posted in Random on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some of you might recall one of my earliest posts: Flight Talk. In the post, I excluded a couple of topics which I thought are somewhat offensive and nothing to do with China. Well, today I read an article in the WSJ which makes me think that I should give my flight neighbor more credit [...]
China Fatique
Posted in China, Media, Random, ThinkChina Matters on January 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am feeling a bit of China Fatique recently – In brand management, there’s the concept of over-exposure of a brand. I’d call this over-exploitation. Every day, every publication have something to say about China. After Jim Rogers’ book, Bull In China (see book review page), I am swearing off China business books for a [...]
Blog Readibility
Posted in Random, ThinkChina Matters on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two weeks ago, I was sent a blog readibilty testing tool: http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx. Many of you have probably seen it already. I didn’t write about it because, alas, they rated me “junior high”. One one hand, I want my blog to be readible to as many people as possible. On the other hand, this implies I write [...]
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