Offline Until November 1. Blogging takes time. Time to write. Time to read. And, in the case of this blog, it requires travel and conversations with people who know interesting things. At the moment, however, I’m tied down while I complete a book project that requires m
My “Best American” Moment. Houghton Mifflin is starting to publish this year’s editions of its Best American series (Best American Essays, Best American Sports Writing, etc), and I’m proud to say that my essay, “Keeping Faith,” originally published in t
Giant UFO Over Shanghai - UPDATED [UPDATE: I can't believe that I have to do this, but after a half dozen emails questioning my sanity (folks: read the whole post, not just the title!), it seems that I do. So, let me set the record straight: the UFO "video" referenced
Indexed to Qingdao … too late. [for iron ore and steel geeks only!] Since I’m taking a brief book writing break to post about UFOs, I’ll also take the liberty of posting a little something about iron ore markets, too. Specifically, an important piece of China business
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Event: Your Digital Day in Hong Kong ADMA (Asian Digital Marketing Association) is hosting an event on Thursday October 16 at Hong Kong’s Cyberport called Your Digital Day. I will be participating in a panel talking about advertising trends and standards in China and Asia, and ho
GoingEast.Asia Web Survey Open Web Asia is a new organization founded by Gang Lu, publisher of Mobinode. Today they are bringing together some of the leading western players in China, Asia, Europe and the US to talk about web trends in Asia, and especially the trend for US an
Why China Won’t Throw A Lifeline To The West Image via Wikipedia With all the chaos on world’s markets, it is easy to overlook developments in China. The biggest piece of Chinese domestic news is the decision to give limited rights to land use to China’s farmers. This decisio
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China blogger tour: Win a free trip to blog! Enter NOW to win a FREE trip to blog from China! (or read below if you are interested in the back story) During a trip to China in May, Christine Lu of The China Business Network and I developed a seed of an idea to bring Western bloggers to China t
Weekly Roundup: Chinese Web 2.0 Rhetoric (October 14, 2008) On CNReviews, we showcase the best, the most innovative, and the most interesting debate about the Chinese Web 2.0 as the week draws to a close… This week has been the first “real” week after the October Break, which this year was m
“Hollywood Chinese” Pinched A Nerve - Racism in Asian-American Cinema I’m in Austin, Texas ya’ll!!! I’m currently at the Austin Asian-American Film Festival, if ya’ll in the area, come by Saturday for my film’s Texas premier. It is now day two of the AAAFF, and I sit here awake at 7:30am