Although the heart constantly calls for leaving towards the east, I am still in the west. Realizing that things take time and that I’m going to be here in the meanwhile, I try and find small personal connections to things that are happening in Asia. Building Chinalyst and hosting the wonderful community of the “Chinese-Garden” [...]
Are the Chinese characters for Jews and Islam demeaning? An old article by the Taipei Times sent to me by a reader suggests that might be true. Published on Aug 23-2005 and titled “Chinese words for Jews and Islam are demeaning: group” the article has the following :
A peace group yesterday called on the public [...]
I had to go and see Israel’s Little Asia for myself, so I went for a visit last Friday.
The area next to the main TelAviv bus-station is got to be one of the worst areas in Tel-Aviv, maybe in Israel. It was the same deal with the old bus-station and the new one is no different. [...]
YNet has a story about Israeli Nira Rabinovitch and her connection with China. Most grownup Israelis adore Nira as their childhood hero because she was playing around with a Kaktus looking dummy called Kishkashta in a show on TV (photo) when Israeli TV only had one channel in black and white. Nira has a wonderful [...]
It took me a few seconds to make the connection, but then it finally hit me. The site review I was reading in the morning paper while walking my dog was a site that I built. I read it again, and again, making sure that I’m not missing anything, but sure enough – there is [...]
Which are the top universities in China? I've been looking into the Chinese university rankings recently, trying to figure out how the universities in China rank internally. Since I already saved the comparison charts, might as well share those with you.
Seems as though there's one main website that does the Chinese universities rankings every year [...]
