Adam Hodgkins of Exact Editions has a way with words, like so many of my British publishing friends–even those in science and technology, thankfully. (So much for the two cultures.) I asked if he could put an issue of Guanxi: The China Letter up using their magazine platform. He has done so, and made it […]

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I hadn’t noticed, till just now, the auspiciousness of the dates for the Olympics next year. I’ve mentioned before, in conjunction with buying a SIM card in China, the importance of numbers. While I am unsophisticated about this, I do know that eight is considered good luck. How then could I have missed the fact […]

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Now this is hilarious: women expecting Olympic-year babies with Olympic mascots painted on their bellies. I love their smiles, and the English headline with its double entendre: “Growing support.”

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