Dirt cheap: How Napoleon lost the plot

2007-03-16 10:45:07

Spending Lunar New Year outside China is no fun. No firecrackers. No strings of red lanterns. No endless feasts to grow fat enough for a year of hibernation.

The curse of Granny Zhao's Birthday bash

2007-03-16 10:43:52

Granny Zhao's grand birthday party was building up to be an event to remember.

McFashion, malls and hypnotic sea monsters

2007-03-14 11:00:20

This was no ordinary shopping mall; hanging between two fake sandstone buildings was a football field-sized screen. Like an IMAX theater with a Muzak soundtrack.

Arctic monkeys are stating the freezing obvious

2007-03-13 11:45:45

Northerners probably don't need reminding that it's been a bit nippy recently.

Pfhhh, you call that a copyright violation?

2007-03-06 11:22:11

What makes YouTube so popular? It is the website's content, such as snippets from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, South Park, or any of the latest television shows from around the world.

A travel fiasco draped in stars and stripes

2007-03-02 11:09:48

As much as I love living in China, I needed to return to the United States to see family and friends and settle a few personal matters.

Not so happy New Year for snakes on a plain

2007-03-01 09:26:22

Call me a killjoy, but when New Year rolls around, I account it high time to get golfing.

Hate Chinese epics? My aunt loves 'em

2007-02-28 09:26:15

The Seinfeld TV series was a huge hit in the 1990s thanks to its cast of self-centered New Yorkers and their funny observations about life.

We're all bad apples to the core

2007-02-16 09:55:54

When I went to see the movie Getting Home, I just missed the part where comedian Guo Degang plays a highway robber.

More than one Chinese Oprah to sing praises about

2007-02-15 09:13:38

When an American asks me about a major personality or cultural event in China, I cannot just click on wikipedia.com and show them a concise description.

A good buddy gone in a puff of smoke

2007-02-14 10:49:07

In the community where I live, there was a humble cigarette stand. Its shabby cover could barely ward off wind or rain, but the cigarettes were the best in the neighborhood.

The winter wonderland of my content

2007-02-13 09:27:44

The Chinese can sometimes be a weird bunch. In summer, the men love pulling their T-shirts up to expose their mighty bellies.