In some brief news unrelated to the earthquake, the Mother Jones blog has reported that Pringles and Fanta are now banned in China because of toxins. You need to watch out for the berry-flavored version of Fanta, the rest are apparently ok. Also, Chinese officials found an infestation of beetles in Nestle’s coffee flavor. Mmm, [...]
Archive for May, 2008
[Updated] Earthquake hits Sichuan, please share your experiences
As I’ve already posted my thoughts/experiences with today’s earthquake at my blog, I’ll not repeat them here – suffice to say, for me it was a bit of a non-event. However, I am very curious to hear what your experiences were. I’ve therefore created this post as an open thread for any and all (Laowai [...]
Boomtown Beijing – A coversation with Tan Siok Siok
Last summer acclaimed documentary filmmaker Tan Siok Siok headed out into the streets of Beijing with a rather ambitious goal of capturing the essence of the city and its people the summer before the Olympics. The result is Boomtown Beijing, a film that paints a picture of not just a city or the sporting event [...]
Mum’s the Word
There’s this spot on my university campus that we’ve taken to calling “The Makeout Garden.” During the day it’s like any spot of green on the grounds of the ivory tower – a blip of green to contrast with the blase bathroom-tiled buildings of academic boredom. It’s full of elderly people performing taiji and students [...]
Book Review: A Journey Down China’s Route 66
Since it’s the May Labour Day holiday in China this week, lots of Chinese are out traveling, and since I hate crowds I am not. What I did spend my first day of the three day holiday doing was finishing up Rob Gifford’s great book China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising [...]
