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Akky Akimoto

Thomas Crampton — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:17:00 -0600

In the below video, popular Japanese blogger Akky Akimoto hides under his hat and explains why he refuses to show his face in public. (Basically to avoid receiving unwanted Sushi). Akky writes in English on Asiajin and in Japanese on his own blog.

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Private investors, beware! China’s green sector still faces challenges

ResponsibleChina — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:12:00 -0600

Ray Cheung, senior associate at the World Resources Institute, recently wrote about the challenges and opportunities facing China’s environmental and renewable energy sectors.
His article, featured in the book, “Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long-term Performance,” offers a word to the wise for China’s “greentech entrepreneurs” who want to make profits by helping the environment: [...]

UNO with Chinese characteristics

Joel — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:30:00 -0600

Our teachers love UNO. And the way they play is 100 times better than the way I learned growing up.

There’s even a Chinese rip-off version of it called “Who’s Afraid of Who?” (谁怕谁？), which is essentially the same but the cards are look different. What makes Chinese UNO better are the house [...]
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Teacher Gui: Buy It or Get Out

Danwei — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:37:00 -0600

Merry Shanghai Christmas

Cankles — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:52:00 -0600

PACE Election: Last call for suggestions!

ResponsibleChina — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:17:00 -0600

A note from the Professional Association for China’s Environment (PACE) Election Committee:
After careful confirmation, we are pleased to announce the nominees of this PACE Board Election (listed alphabetically by the last names):

Jimmy Chen, Ph.D., Engineers, USEPA
Yuyang Gong, Ph.D., Managing Director, ESD China Limited Co.
Jie He, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Sherbrooke
Feng Jia, Deputy Director, Center [...]

David Sifry

Thomas Crampton — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:09:00 -0600

A friend, advisor, passionate photographer and all-round great person, David Sifry is also a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in many of the most interesting trends in Silicon Valley, from Open Source to blogs to content aggregation. Through the postings below you can get an idea of David’s latest venture: Offbeat Guides.

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Shawn Crispin

Thomas Crampton — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:49:00 -0600

In this video, longtime Asia correspondent Shawn Crispin introduces himself and describes his career. Formerly with the Far Eastern Economic Review and The Wall Street Journal, Crispin is now Southeast Asia Editor of Asia Times Online.

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Sanxian Hero (三弦)

Cankles — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:13:00 -0600

During my last trip to Beijing I was walking the back streets of the city in search of something more authentic than Chinese students wanting me to buy their artwork. Walking the twisted lane ways I ran into a gentleman playing this plucking instrument which looked like an oversize bass but sounded a little like [...]
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Meet Mrs. Shǐ - Striving Hard for a Stable Future

Joel — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0600

Mrs. Shǐ is December’s Regular Zhou. The magazine seems to share similar feelings with one other critic who doesn’t appreciate having China’s blue collar folks telling their stories in foreigners’ magazines. So I guess from now on they’ll be “above-average Joe’s,” or at least for the next few months while we’re in Canada [...]
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