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Written By: 孙智谦 on July 15, 2009 No Comment

 

Electric Shock: not as effective as once thought…by people who don’t bother to check things out scientifically

 

Way back in 2007, I blogged about a government-sanctioned program at a hospital in China trying to cure people of Internet addiction using electric shock therapy. Well, apparently the government has had a change of heart. [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on February 15, 2008 One Comment

 

Dorks of China, rejoice! According to a survey sponsored by China Matchmaker and the Chinese Academy of Marriage and Family, as long as you don’t mind marrying a woman over the ripe old age of 30, you’ve got a pretty good field to choose from. Stats from the article:

Of the [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on January 16, 2008 One Comment

 

I’m a big fan of SciFi. And I’m a big fan of Chinese. So logically, I’ve always wondered about Chinese SciFi, how much of it existed, what it was like, etc…but I’ve never really taken the time to look anything up about it for whatever reason. Thanks to this post [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on December 13, 2007 One Comment

A Chinese woman walks down the road with her 0.92nd child on her back.

 

China’s about to have a miniature baby boom next year according to a China Daily article. In 1973 the Chinese government introduced its family planning policy, which allowed only one child per household, and dealt heavy fines on families that dared [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on December 12, 2007 One Comment

 

I’ve been living under a rock lately when it comes to Asian news, so I missed the fact that Miss China was named “Miss World” on December 1st. Cool. Good for her!

 

But what bugs me is how just because someone is attractive and is a “sweet innocent beauty” that has “the demure look”, [...]

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