China seems to be swinging for the fences in their estimate of how many TV viewers the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing will draw. State media says they’re expecting about four billion people to watch the Games, which is a full billion people more than the 2004 Games, which were held [...]

“Would Mr. Wang please raise his hand?”

I’m sure you’ve heard the joke/saying “He’s got more Chins than a Chinese phonebook.” That’s funny to me not because it’s a common name in China, but because it’s totally uncommon. Most of the 1.3 billion people in China share the same 100 surnames, and I don’t [...]

I firmly believe in this story. It can’t be wrong. After all, it’s on the internet!

Editorial Stupidity: 1
Journalistic integrity: 0

The snippet about the above picture, taken from Chinadaily.com.cn, says, “A dog looks at her puppy which is very much like a kitten at a villager’s home in Jiangyan, East China’s Jiangsu [...]

So polite!　So tidy!

The results are in, and the Japanese are the most polite people on earth when they’re traveling. A study conducted for Expedia.com compiled the responses of 15,000 European hoteliers and found that Japanese are the most gracious travelers, followed by Americans and then the Swiss. The Japanese are described as “polite [...]

I don’t know how trustworthy this site is, but it’s weird, and it’s Asian, so I thought I’d post about it. A 95-year-old grandmother in China’s Guangdong province has a 5-inch horn growing out of her head. She says, “At first, it was only a mole, but it gradually grew and became like a [...]