(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) (More notes added 10/7/08 at the end:) In 1979 when I first returned to China mainland, I had a difficult time explaining the American concept of “privacy” to my Chinese ...
An article by David Brooks of NY Times this morning is well worth reading. Harmony and the Dream By DAVID BROOKS Published: August 11, 2008 The world can be divided in many ways rich and poor, democratic and authoritarian but one of the most striking i ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) (Note added 8/11/08: this morning NY TImes had an article about the feelings of Chinese-Americans which is related to this article below) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/sports/olympics/11 ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) How to make comments in meetings Almost everyone likes to express him/herself. Just look at the popularity of blogs.Making comments and/or critic ...
It is only five more days to the Beijing Olympics. These days in the US, you cannot open a newspaper, a magazine, turn on a TV or radio without hearing, seeing, or reading about the Beijing Olympics 24/7. Two best TV programs in my opinion are the Samantha Browns passpo ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) My home town – the greater Boston area , MASSACHUSETTS, USA Since 1950, except for three years of working in Midwest, the greater Boston area of Massachusetts, USA is the place I called hom ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) Cross pollination vs. Establishing a brand name and empire in Academia In most top US universities there is a tradition against hiring her own students upon graduation. The theory being ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) After you have followed all the advices on how to write a paper, had it submitted to a journal of your choice, here are things you should do: 1. If t ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) An article just appeared in the web pages of the American Institute for Economic Research http://www.aier.org:80/research/commentaries/60-commentaries/412-why-government-grows explains i ...