Today, the 7th of the 7th, we celebrate QiXi - the Chinese Valentine’s Day
Qi Xi (七夕; Pinyin: qī xī; "The Night of Sevens"), sometimes called Chinese Valentine’s Day, falls on the seventh day of lunar month seven of the Chinese calendar and thus its name. It is traditional for young girls to demonstrate their domestic [...]
There's very little satisfaction a person, like myself, gets running a blog site that very few people read. The question of why I do it comes up often, if not from my friends and family then definitely from myself.
It's got a little to do with exhibitionism, I'm sure, and a little with wanting to keep [...]
Communist China and Vietnam are now open for all, yet "The People's Democratic Republic of Korea" - North Korea - remains a mystery. There's so little that we realy know about North Korea that any piece of information is highly valued and extremely interesting.
Artemia Lebedev has had the opportunity to go into North Korea and [...]
What would Sun Tzu, a Chinese war strategist from the 5th century BC, have to say about the current war raging in Israel-Lebanon? Can his ancient "The Art of War" text offer meaningful insights to such a "modern" war happening today?
I must have read hundreds of texts and articles about the current war happening [...]
China, which has been very cautious about confronting the US on international politics, goes aggressive in response to the Israeli issue.
It's been said on various conferences that I've been on regarding the Chinese policy that they rarely confront the United States on anything, not to mention international terror politics. Curious about this issue - I've [...]
Yeah, I know, I know. I’m disappointed too.
We were all hoping for either an Israeli or an Asian Miss Universe winner…
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Israel
China
Korea
Japan
Singapore
Malaysia
Phillipines
Thailand
…but the girl from Puerto Rico took the title.
What do you think? who was your favorite? (I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours )
(BTW - The Republic of China was, [...]
