My Heart Rate: 114/68

I just got back from my fitness test. I’m getting into great shape. My heart rate is down to 114/68 from 123/71. I was so proud of myself I put the test on the fridge. Now if I could only lose that last 2.5kg….
J.

It’s Getting Hot and Tempers are Flaring!

It’s been a hot and steamy week and this weekend seems to be no different. It’s not even 11 o’clock yet and I’ve already got annoyed about a small connection problem with my Internet and Winnie and I have already had a brief argument over if we should adopt a cat or a dog. I’m [...]

The Growth in Popularity of Chinese Literature

This morning I was taking a peek at Danwei and I stumbling across this link to the Daily Telegraph newspaper (UK) website. It’s a pretty good rundown of some of the popular Chinese authors right now. I’ve read Jung Chang’s Mao biography, almost everything by Ma Jian as well as both of Wei Hui’s novels [...]

When Will China Switch From Preventing Sex Exposure to Sex Education?

When I read articles about parents wanting to prevent their children from watching infommercials full of sexual inneuendo I have to think it’s a case of misplaced parenting.
Yes, kids should probably be prevented from seeing those types of ads when they are quite young, but parents should also be educating children about sex, puberty and [...]

When Is Copying Filling A Market Need?

Digital watch had a great post this week about IPR and software  but the most interesting thing is to view the article blogger Kaiser Kou linked to. The blog is written by two Chinese who track the evolving web applications industry in Beijing. They think it’s positive that someone has launched a Chinese-version project management [...]

One Funny Photo, Media Training For Cadres and The Fallout From the Cardboard Buns

With the hot summer weather blanketing Shanghai, I decided to take it easy today and stay inside. While surfing the net I found one funny image on China Hearld of a Beijing hotel mini bar menu, and read some great posts at ImageThief on the new media training for local party cadres and the fall [...]

New Job for China’s Migrant Workers: Virtual Gold Farmers

Virtual gold farmers that is. According to a report I read in NVR Magazine, about 100,000 workers — the majority who are from rural areas — get paid about US$0.30/hour to kill monsters and collect gold in the game World of War Craft. They then sell it to foreign game players in what is supposedly [...]

How Would Carl Market To Today’s China?

I recently just finishd reading Paul French’s great biography of Carl Crow called Carl Crow: A Tough Old China Hand. It details Crow’s time in Shanghai from 1911 to 1937 and his adventures building China’s advertising industry. Carl’s Carl Crow Inc. was the China agent for Colgate and Pond’s facial creme. Using a network of [...]

You’ll Want to Read the Jungle!

This story from the New York Times will want to make you read Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. I’ve already got it in my pile of summer reads.
J.

Is Heroes The Next Prison Break?

I recently started watching season 1 of the US TV show Heroes and I have to say it has the potential to become as popular as Prison Break is in China right now. The show tells the story of a series of people who discover they have amazing abilities. That on it’s own isn’t really [...]