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Dwarves in China
By Deborah FallowsA story from the Jinan Times caught my eye at breakfast one morning this week in Beijing. Here it is in full, as rendered in English by the world's greatest newspaper, the China...
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The Cultural Divide Hurting China's Personal Statements
By Lucia PierceSHANGHAI, China -- In my February 28 post, I wrote about the 180-degree difference between applying to colleges in China and the U.S. For Chinese students, it is not just an introduction...
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The Shipbreakers of China
by Adam MinterThis is the sixth of seven posts that I'm calling Wasted 7/7. Previous in the series: 1/7, 2/7, 3/7, 4/7, and 5/7.Below, a photo of a metal cutter walking across several tons of steel...
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In China, What is the Law?
By Lauren Hilgers[JF note: Last week in this space, Jeremiah Jenne reported several times, for instance here, on the Beijing aspects of China's official response to "Jasmine" protesters. Short version:...
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The Chinese Sample Room
by Adam MinterSHANGHAI, China -- This is the last of seven posts that I'm calling Wasted 7/7. Previous in the series: 1/7, 2/7, 3/7, 4/7, 5/7 and 6/7.Below, a photo of a storage room containing samples...
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More on Dwarves in China
By Deborah FallowsBeijing: Two days ago I mentioned the prevailing Chinese attitudes toward people with physical abnormalities, in specific, dwarves. A thoughtful reader, who with his wife adopted a...
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Can the FAA Get Rid of Air Traffic Controllers?
by Don Brown I guess it's only natural to view the world through your own life's experiences. Having been in an uncommon profession -- air traffic control -- I suppose that gives me an uncommon view of...
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For Chinese Students in America, It's Hard to Make Friends
By Lucia PierceSHANGHAI, China -- Having just completed a trip in which I visited 14 of my students at 11 colleges and universities, I thought I'd finish my blog with some thoughts on what my Chinese...
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Next Up: Blount, Casey, Gollapalli, Peng, and Saigal
Once again I have the opportunity to say how impressed, grateful, and (to be honest) happily surprised I am by the range and quality of another week's team of guest bloggers. Also, as one of this...
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Getting Better All the Time
By Sanjay SaigalIt's dinnertime. You plan to grill steaks for yourself, spouse, and kid. Each steak takes 15 minutes per side. Your grill has space for two steaks at a time. How long until the three of...
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The Right Way to Found a Start-Up
By Sriram Gollapalli Starting a company is easy, right?  Up until recently, when someone asked me "What do you do?" I would always waver a bit and would vary my answer between "I work at a start-up...
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Shenzhen: China's Brash, Young City on the Move
By Liam Casey SHENZHEN, China -- Shenzhen celebrated its 30th birthday in 2010. I have been here for 15 years -- for more than half its life as a city -- and have been lucky enough to have a front-row...
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The Prosaic, DIY Reality of Software Houses
By Keith Blount First, a thank you to James Fallows for inviting me to act as a guest blogger this week. The reason he has asked me to take part is that he is using our software, Scrivener, to write...
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Lessons in Freeway Calculus
By Grace PengAs an immigrant, I hate to see my chosen team (America) dissed by know-nothings.The views of the governor of Pennsylvania, after an Eagles-Vikings playoff game in Philadelphia was...
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Angel Flight: Bringing Pilots and Patients Together
By Sanjay SaigalWe were at 8,500 feet over Gerberville, California when Will, in the co-pilot's seat next to me, had a minor panic attack. The battery in his headset had died and its noise reduction...
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What India's Airlines Can Teach Us
By Sriram GollapalliAs a consultant, I flew over 500,000 miles in a short, four-year span. More recently, after spending two weeks on a five-airport/11-plane/four-city tour throughout India in...
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What Do Automobiles and Spacecraft Have in Common?
By Grace PengSoftware, and lots of it!The issue of Toyota's sudden acceleration problem came up at both the last PTA meeting I attended and at my mother-in-law's dinner table last weekend. Perhaps this...
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On Founding a Software House
By Keith Blount Folk wisdom has it that everyone has a novel in them, and I sometimes wonder if the same isn't also true of software ideas. As a result of the About page on our site explaining that I...
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The Unknown Knowns
By Sanjay SaigalA high point in the remarkable string of guest blog posts has been Xujun Eberlein's investigation (top five items here) into the true nature of something called the Sino-American...
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Useful Words From Indian English
By Sanjay SaigalIn his list of lessons learned traveling by Indian air carriers -- who knew? -- topmost for my fellow guest blogger Sriram Gollapalli is:1. Flights can be advanced (seemingly without...
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