While some people are worried by the debate over the Olympics torch relay, I see it as as having potential for increasing knowledge and awareness. Here’s an interesting take on why China matters, from Good Magazine.

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In the last few days, I’ve seen Chinese agents overtake Islamic terrorists as the villains on the TV show “24” and heard a woman at the fish counter at Guido’s, our local gourmet market, say, “It’s not from China, is it? I don’t want anything from China!” With the press surrounding the Vice Premier Wu […]

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We’re enthusiastic Skype users at GUANXI so today’s report that a Chinese knock-off of the system’s technology could undermine the usually excellent quality of the service is worrying: “Knock-Offs Could Cripple Skype”. The internationality of Skype is part of its appeal, as is the fact that one can hold multi-party conversations with IM chat, too, […]

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My Chinese lessons have been disrupted by an unscheduled trip to San Francisco and a sprained ankle, but new lessons about China continue daily. Talking to Westerners can be useful–and enlightening, as was my talk yesterday with Harry Kendall of UC Berkeley, who served in western China during World War II–but it is conversations with […]

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