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Authentic Chinese sneakers, soon to be subject to a Lomo-like marketing campaign. They are kinda captivating though. gulfstream/2338
Explanation of the Chinese system of writing, by way of imagining that English were constructed in the same way. (Something similar: the documentation … gulfstream/2343
How the Japanese refuel and plane, and how the Chinese refuel a plane. “At the moment, I am feeling positive toward both approaches. The emphasis on … gulfstream/2356
Why does China have a 900m x 700m scale model of a 450km x 350km area of the Indian/Chinese border? (speculation) gulfstream/2117
Journalists from The New Yorker, thoughtful individuals that they are, attempt to arrange a meeting with the famously reclusive mathematician Grigory Perelman: … gulfstream/2150
CIA account of two CIA operatives shot down over China on their first mission in 1952, and held captive for 20 years. gulfstream/2270
"In the spy plane standoff that ended this morning, the hawks and engagers were at each other's throats again. But their enmity was, as always, … gulfstream/373
could have been more sympathetic: dog-eating in China gulfstream/467
With great power comes great responsibility: on all political and social issues, Google’s policy is Don’t be evil, where evil is whatever Google … gulfstream/981
How Nike made it in China. (After Liu Xiang won the 110m hurdles at the Olympics, Nike ran an ad: “Asians lack muscle? / Asians lack the will … gulfstream/1605
How the NBA is marketing itself to China via Yao Ming. (Apparently, a few years before David Stern took over the NBA in 1984, the final was shown … gulfstream/1842
Two world maps superimposed on top of each other, so that you can see which points are opposite each other on the Earth’s surface. (Surprisingly little … gulfstream/2172
Panda sex news: “They were known for shyness, a low sex drive and a diet that was overly dependent on eating huge quantities of a barely nutritious and … gulfstream/2203
Quotes Collected
Most of us are not Patrick Henry and would be willing to lose a great deal of freedom in order to save our lives. This is especially true when the freedom … quotes/439
The Christians, retaining the Judaic belief in a special revelation, added to it the Roman desire for world-wide dominaion and the Greek taste for metaphysical … quotes/104
And afterwards did send for a Cupp of Tee (a China drink of which I never had drunk before) ... -- Pepys' Diary, 25 Sep. 1660 pepys/15
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The Observer | Magazine | Snap dragons
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | The Chinese region with women in charge
Foreign Policy: The Center of the World
The Dark Side of China’s Rise
chinese economy about to do not so well?
BBC NEWS | In Depth | Emerging giants
how did china end up with such great discontinuities??
The Day That Nothing Happened
"What makes the situation exceptionally weird is that this is happening in a country that still professes to be Marxist. And the new Chinese capitalism feels like it was introduced by people whose understanding of it came solely from reading Marx: it is r
Telegraph | News | On the menu today: horse penis and testicles with a chilli dip
Two CIA Prisoners in China, 1952-73
Yingzi
explanation of written chinese by way of imagining if english were written like chinese
