TT has praised the Haidilao hotpot restaurant’s food and service, but it turns out their Web site is also a source of revelation. Imagethief pointed us to their home page, whose motto is “Good chafing dish needs no bush.”
U.S. President Barack Obama’s bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito has sparked some controversy back home. As the video below shows, some of his political opponents are asking why he bowed when the established protocol for visiting leaders is to shake hands. TT doesn’t think it’s a big deal, but aesthetically speaking, bowing and shaking hands [...]
The Nov. 9 issue of Nikkei Weekly features an article on Chinese tourists “flocking to Japan” since Tokyo began issuing visas to individual Chinese travelers four months ago. The headline pretty much says it all: “Rich Chinese drop huge wads in Japan.” But who is dropping these wads, and how did they come by their [...]
Chinese know that certain jobs can be extremely dangerous, typically those involving government relations and sales. Why? Because they involve a lot of yingchou, or entertaining, and that is tough on the liver. The untimely demise last Friday of Shen Hao, the 45-year-old Communist Party secretary of Anhui province’s Xiaogang village, is a case in [...]
TT doesn’t usually read the Nation or Calvin Trillin, but his latest piece of doggerel in the left-wing mag caught our eye here.
China Policy
1.
So why did President Obama
Decline to meet the Dalai Lama?
It’s said that he must curry favor
With China. Yes, it has our waiver
To toss its people in the clink
For how they pray [...]
South Korean flag carrier Korean Air takes as its motto “Excellence in Flight.” By contrast, its North Korean doppelganger, Air Koryo, seems to prefer “Political Correctness in Flight.” A friend recently flew on one of the company’s Tupolev 204s from Beijing to Pyongyang, and was amused to find that passengers not only get a safety [...]
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