As I mentioned before , for now I'll refrain from commenting much on the recent high-speed rail train crash in Wenzhou, Zhejiang provinc...

It's been a bit since my last post.  In fact, I think this is the longest I've gone without posting since I started this blog.  In s...

An experience of mine from quite a few years ago is relevant to the challenges in understanding how people think and behave in another cultu...

My previous post touched on the immense variety one can find in China's places & people and how that can impact research. One of ...

Last year while raveling with a friend in remote Mingshi , Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China we came across this scene: Neither o...

In my earlier post , I pointed out that both Bing Maps and Google Maps appear to explicitly indicate China's border surrounding the regi...

Frequently the news in the US about Shanghai regards its latest and greatest -- high speed rail, new skyscrapers, etc.  However, there are o...

In an earlier post I compared Google Maps and Baidu Map.  There were several key areas in which Google Maps was clearly superior even thoug...