Maine lobsters are the hot item for Chinese New Year
2015-02-18
(KENNEBUNKPORT, ME) Feb 18 – Chinese demand has driven up the price by $1.75 a pound, says one wholesaler.Read More →
Chinese national accused of smuggling in court today
2014-12-08
(BOSTON) DEC 9 – Chinese national accused of smuggling nuclear goods to Iran due in federal court here Monday. Read More →
Did I read this whole thing wrong?
2014-04-26
Duped. I let down my guard and my prejudices about the Communist government of China flowed through. Boy, do I feel like an idiot. Read More →
Of Note
2014-04-23
Two interesting articles on the struggle over what folks think in China. Or, rather, what they say about what they think.Read More →
More famous than Jesus?
2014-04-12
John Lennon once said he was more famous than Jesus. Now, Catholic Online, out of Los Angeles is reporting that among Weibo users in China Jesus is trending better than Mao.Read More →
“They Control”
2014-04-10
A friend who spent time evangelizing in China during the last decade recalls a meeting with a 90+ year-old survivor of the Cultural Revolution, a devout Catholic. Asked about religion today, the old man, in excellent English would only say “they control….they control.”Read More →
Christians 0 Lions 0
2014-04-08
Situation in China: still fluid, according to Christian Broadcasting Network.Read More →
Wenzhou’s Masada?
2014-04-06
My teaching assistant in the first class I took when I returned to graduate school in the mid-90s, a Chinese woman still grieving her late dad, told me at the time she hoped religion in America would help her. In the end, it didn’t.Read More →
Love blooms at IKEA in China
2011-09-13
(SHANGHAI, CHINA) September 13, 2011 – Love blooms over free coffee for the 45 to 65 set at Ikea in Shanghai, but management would just like them all to go away.Read More →
THE STRANGE CAREER OF WRITING ABOUT ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN CHINA
2009-02-27
In emerging China persons of African ancestry do not enjoy widespread acceptance. An article that said otherwise prompted me to write.Read More →
Chinese weigh-in on US prez contest
2008-06-08
(SHANGHAI, CHINA) June 8, 2008 – Chinese know who they want to see become the next U.S. President. Read More →