Sometimes articles in The People’s Daily have to be read twice to make sure they are not spoofs. Yesterday there was one about the success of the recent ‘civilization campaigns’ that have been launched to improve the manners of us Beijingers. A recent survey suggests that our behavior is, indeed improving. "This is a result […]
Rats in a Maze
Last night a friend and I made a foray across town to the Beijing Ikea, a giant store that is the size of a small nation (I’m thinking Lichtenstein here). It opened a couple of years ago, and even though I used to shop at Ikea quite regularly, the fact that this one is so […]
War on Snow
Yesterday the Chinese government declared war on the snow. Here’s the scoop. Over the past two weeks southern China has been hit by freakish weather. And when I say freakish, I mean freakish, that is to say blizzards and ice storms. Now where I come from (Minnesota) blizzards and ice storms are not considered freak […]
