It’s an ugly part of Western civilization:  As we fork over our hundreds of dollars for our new little electronic gadgets, we don’t even give a passing thought to the poor person living in the third-world country that put in the long hours in less-than-desirable conditions to produce our new little toy.  Here [...]

In an amazing gesture of goodwill and in the interests of fostering mutual respect, a Chinese envoy has said about America’s concern over China’s increasing military capabilities and strength, “It’s better for the U.S. to shut up.  Keep quiet. It’s much, much better…China basically is a peace-loving nation…China’s military buildup is not threatening anyone.  This [...]

Ouch. I’ve heard of a lot of different types of drug smuggling in my time (for example, an obese smuggler who had marijuana hidden in his fat rolls), but soaking panties in heroin is a new one on me. If this lady is innocent, I hope they find that out fast, [...]

I just came across a good L.A. Times article about the problems of survival facing the Cantonese language. Yes, I said language instead of dialect because it’s about as different from Mandarin Chinese as English is from French or Spanish, and it has its own interesting culture and slang that to me goes along [...]

I really hate what Western culture and values are doing to Asia on the whole.  There seems to be a HUGE decline in morals across Asia the more the world is globalized.  I’m certainly not blaming it all on Western culture, and I’m not going to sit here and say that ALL parts of Western [...]