There are a lot of interesting China and Taiwan news articles and blog posts/videos I encountered today and are well-worth your read. Here they are with a short excerpt :   China - I absolutely adore everything about Sexy Beijing - their videos, their blog, and the lovely Su Fei. Here’s their latest video about “Price Shock: Food Inflation in China” :   China - The $1.4 Trillion Question Through the quarter-century in which China has been opening to world trade, Chinese leaders have deliberately held down living standards for their own people and propped them up in the United States. This is the real meaning of the vast trade surplus—$1.4 …

 Which universities are the top universities in Asia? What are the best Asian university programs? How do those rank when  compared to other top universities and programs around the world? Following is a complete list according to the different rankings available around the world. Top 50 Asian Universities from Shanghai Jiao-Tung University’s Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities (name, world rank, location) :  Tokyo Univ - 20 - Japan Kyoto Univ - 22 - Japan Hebrew Univ Jerusalem - 64 - Israel Osaka Univ - 67 - Japan …

I’ve just recently found out about the Israeli branch of NT-D-TV and two of their China-Israel related stories.

The first one has to do with metal theft in Israel that seems to originate from the growing need for metal in China.

The second has to do with the problematic situation and sad reality of the foreign Chinese workers in Israel.

Other similar stories can be found in their Youtube profile.

It makes sense that the oldest tea shop in Taiwan would be in Tainan - the oldest city in Taiwan. A Chinese exchange student friend took me to a place I would otherwise probably never know about - a 5 (or was it 6) generations running family tea-shop in Tainan.

Welcoming us in his pajamas was someone who looked as old as the tea-shop - an unbelievably cute Taiwanese who’s running the place.

He was a very curious guy, …

Is a somewhat sensitive issue. Although nothing close to what I’ve seen in Thailand, there are some sensitivities in Taiwan, even at the rural city of Tainan. I’ve had a few triggers that brought this issue up this week. The last of them was this very peculiar post on Tainan Bulletin, the leading expat-foreigner board in Tainan :
for Taiwnaese Girl - WATCH OUT! A CHEATER IN TAINAN & KAOHSIUNG…

I am Taiwnaese, I met this guy two months ago. He is from
-Fili: origin removed-. He pretends a good guy
to be with girls and give girls …

Since I already nominated him for Bloggies, might as well go all the way. I don’t think Michael’s aware of this, but almost every western international student I’ve talked to in NCKU knows his blog, and quite a few of them follow the blog religiously. When I tell them that Michael actually studies with us in the same building, sometimes the same courses, people refuse to believe me.

Anyways, what I wanted to mention is that Michael’s been giving talks about Taiwan blogging that he briefly mentioned in his …