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POPSChinese-Tools.com - Free online tools to learn chinese for learning a bit chinese. english doesn't help very much when living in china. most people still don't understand it. and well living in a country the least thing you can do is learning a few words and learning to know their culture. this one has also i nice forum with nice people all eager to help
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POPSATTENTION ALL CLIPPERS IN BEIJING! As you many of you may know, and as the rest of you can now see, I live here in Beijing. I know the city like the back of my hand. (which is to say, better than I know my feet, but not quite as well as I know my chin.) So if any of you are in town for the Olympics, drop me a line at austininchina@hotmail.com and I can give you advice on anything from where to find the oldest temple or $1 Jager Shots, or the best Cassoulet in town. I can also help you get past those pesky Chinese internet censors. Also, although I'm being worked like a slave, if our schedules match up, I'm always up for a BEER.
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POPSThe drum beat of idiocy... Capt Fogg nails it again: patriotism trumps any type of reason in our (right wing) politics... Will anyone actually listen to what the candidates has to say on the issues? Or is it all decided based on imagery...
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POPSList of weird phobias Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers. Pediophobia- Fear of dolls Rectophobia- Fear of rectum or rectal diseases. Russophobia- Fear of Russians Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture. Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat. Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks. Dendrophobia- Fear of trees. Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body. Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom. Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing. for a few
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POPSWhy do displays of compassion differ between East and West?
I am trying to understand A bit more: "In many Asian countries, favors invariably create obligations, which is perhaps why people are sometimes disinclined to interfere in the problems of others. You are obliged to take care of your family, your friends, or even your fellow countrymen. But the idea of universal charity is too abstract, and smacks of the kind of unwelcome interference that Western imperialists — and the Christian missionaries who followed them — practiced in the East for too long. The notion of "Asian values," promoted mostly by Singaporean official scribes, was partly a critique of universalist Western claims. Asians, according to this theory, have their own values, which include thrift, deference to authority, the sacrifice of individual to collective interests, and the belief that countries should not stick their noses into others' affairs. Hence, the hesitant response of Southeast Asian governments — and public opinion — to the Burmese disaster." see source
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POPSChina's Targeting University Alumni A really fascinating piece about how top Chinese universities are trying to grow a culture of donation along their alumni so that they can raise funds and beef up their resources.
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POPSBeijing Airport / Foster + Partners After 4 years the Beijing Airport -currently the biggest one in the world- is finished, just in time for the 2008 Olympics. The airport, designed by Foster + Partners, turned out to be a very efficient building in terms of in terms of operational efficiency, passenger comfort, sustainability and access to natural light. As an interpretation of traditional chinese culture the roof of the airport has a dragon-like form. According to Norman Foster this is a building borne of its context. It communicates a uniquely Chinese sense of place and will be a true gateway to the nation. This is expressed in its dragon-like form and the drama of the soaring roof that is a blaze of ‘traditional’ Chinese colours – imperial reds merge into golden yellows. As you proceed along the central axis, view of the red columns stretching ahead into the far distance evokes images of a Chinese temple.
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POPSRow over fish in urinal The best bit - "The owner added that the fish were intended as an attraction for diners and were not used in dishes." :-))
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POPSChinese Take-out Builds Mansions in Fujian They respect us for our wealth, but do they despise us as parents? Do they want their children to be like our children? Do they respect our culture of rap music, rampant drunkenness and sex, and simple ignorance?
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POPSWhy do Palestinians get more attention than Tibetans? Prager: "The first reason is terror. The Palestinian leadership decided, with the support of the Palestinian people, that murdering as many innocent people was the fastest way to garner world attention. They were right. On the other hand, as The Economist notes in its March 28, 2008 issue, "Tibetan nationalists have hardly ever resorted to terrorist tactics…" It is interesting to speculate how the world would have reacted had Tibetans hijacked international flights, slaughtered Chinese citizens in Chinese restaurants and temples, on Chinese buses and trains, and massacred Chinese schoolchildren." The second reason is oil and support from Arabs. The Palestinians have the unqualified support of all Middle Eastern oil-producing nations and the support of the Muslim world. The Tibetans are poor and have the support of no nations, let alone oil-producing ones.
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