How now brown Mao ? Currently, I am reading a great book called The Cult of the Luxury Brand by Radha Chadha & Paul Husband. Although they discuss at length the relationship of Asia with luxury brands, the book really touches upon the roots and...

It looks like other than IE and Maxthon being hunkered down here in Beijing, Mozilla is coming here too. Bejijing is a likely choice since Mozilla's college friend from the states Google has rented an apartment in Wudouoko already and is taking some Chinese...

June 21, 2004 Cover. No one I know in the US has seen this cover from Newsweek Asia At the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft has unveiled more of its digital plans to connect everyone and everything via the digital hub of your living...

I feel a little out of shape from the holidays but I've been around. In the ever eternal linking and relinking reality of Web 2.0, where content begins and ends tends to get fuzzy. The world of Tags, RSS, Diggs and stuff tends to be a bit confusing...

Apple's new iPhone looks cool but will it fly in China? Since I have a love - hate relationship with Apple products, I felt a little bit torn about the new Apple announcement. Yes, it looks beautiful but from my experience of having a touchscreen phone...

At #28 Tsinghua University, rules were made to be broken Although rankings are all based on subjective measures, and some would say, culturally biased methodology, I feel compelled to look at them anyway. Snapshot rankings mean very little since each...

Ni Hao ! Whats your QQ address? Although we hear a lot about the success and hype of MySpace, World of Warcraft and Second Life, by membership size they are dwarfed by some older communities on the web. What is the largest community on the web? QQ...

Although the bar where you drink beer and then climb has closed its doors, the bar where you drink and perform archery continues to serve the masses in Beijing.In the never ending stream of new theme restaurant/bars, a restaurant that serves food in pitch...

This is the closest I have ever been to Bill Gates - He's the little dot on the right. In a recent study by Zogby International, many Americans feel that the next big techno genius will come from Asia. Based on the numbers, China leads the pack of...

The Chinese see this picture different than Americans The caption from this authentic unretouched Chinese promotional postcard for McDonalds says something about how "Beef makes you strong." For an American (or at least me) looking at this, I see...

Here is the fantasy: : The City Weekend January 2007 Issue where Neema is the poster boy for a wild New Year's Eve lineup in Beijing. Here is the reality: Neema as the blurry figure on the left eating a quiet dinner with friends. 8:20...

1st action shot of the trip My camera has a strange feature where it takes 2 pictures of everything I take. I am not sure how to turn it off or that its even supposed to do that but sometimes it captures some great sequences like this of a kid tripping...