Web freedom lies in eyes of the beholder
2011-03-23 07:40:03
The honeymoon period is over and it's time to remove our rose-tinted spectacles when surfing the Net to see it in the true light of day.
Sharing the pain
2011-03-18 07:59:29
The emotional fallout in China from Japan's disaster offers a walk down memory lane of Sino-Japanese love-hate attitudes.
Cell phone quest comes full circle
2011-03-17 07:58:53
My cell phone is the most simple, bare-bones phone I've owned since high school.
Pick up the phone if you want to reconnect
2011-03-16 08:07:04
My Internet connection went down recently. Normally, this would provoke a hopping mad rage against my Internet service. In this case, I was piggybacking off some stranger's unsecured network who, for some reason, suddenly turned his router off.
Life on this side of Firewall throws up a pleasant surprise
2011-03-16 08:06:16
A farmer from Shandong is my hero this week.
There's no smoke without fire
2011-03-15 07:55:52
When I first came to China, I thought the country was on fire - literally.
Chinese learning like getting in shape: no pain, no gain
2011-03-10 07:55:57
A foreigner hoping to learn Chinese is like a person with a flabby physique hoping to get in shape.
A trim at the barber that raised eyebrows
2011-03-09 08:01:33
They say the eyes are the window of the soul. In that case, eyebrows must be window frames.
GPS technology an imposition or an improved position?
2011-03-09 08:01:33
Beijing brings out the Big Brother in Western media.
Happy long life noodles to you all!
2011-03-08 07:56:42
When I was living in Adelaide, I would often buy packets of dried "Long Life Noodles" from a little shop in Chinatown.
The human touch
2011-03-06 07:43:58
The next challenge for Watson, I.B.M.'s supercomputer will be to learn to diagnose and treat patients.
There's a party going on, but we can't say who
2011-03-04 07:59:07
Celebrity Sauce has been presented with a gagging order that prevents us from mentioning Party X, who is not married to Party Y, but has three children with him.
