Ah, yes, the ever-present comb-over. I think in probably every culture in every time period ever, men have employed this tricky little technique to fool other people themselves into thinking that they’re not losing their hair. Most people aren’t so good at it, but one guy in Japan is a master. Check out [...]

Ouch.

China seems to be wielding some of their soft power in a harder way lately. Beijing is sick of Washington’s efforts to force a yuan revaluation to balance the trade defecit, and they’re doing something about it.

What exactly are they doing? Well, China owns $1.33 trillion in foreign reserves, including $900 billion in [...]

I love this band’s sound so much that I thought I’d introduce my readership [of 4 people] to them. This is 旺福 (Wang Fu/Won Fu), a Taiwanese band whose sound ranges from a sort of big band/swing sound to a 50s/60s rock sound to a modern rock sound to (strangely) a sort [...]

“Honey, you’re just another tomb.”

Chinese culture is full of subtleties that take a lot of study to fully appreciate, but when it comes to motivating people, sometimes that kind of all goes out the window. Because of the surging population, China has set strict limits on how many children most couples can have. [...]

All this electrical stuff shouldn’t get wet or be touched.

I don’t think I’ll ever understand why the Chinese in general seem to like to let the temperature in their homes change with the seasons rather than keeping it one comfortable temperature year round. When I visit Chinese friends, it seems like their houses are [...]