Eric Fish

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

A decade on, Chinese still ambivalent over 9/11

Source: Global Times Published: September 06, 2011 21:05

In the summer of 2001, Sino-American relations were at a low point. Two years earlier, five American bombs had hit China’s embassy in Belgrade, killing three Chinese.

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Ultimate diplomacy in a Pyongyang park

Source: Global Times Published: September 04, 2011 23:29

Last week the list of my most surreal moments got topped off in an old Pyongyang park when I caught a Firsbee from a North Korean woman and then ran over for a big hug.

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Vanishing bosses leave consumers wary of commitment

Source: Global Times Published: August 23, 2011 18:33

Missing pieces in Chinese bankruptcylegislation resulted in numerous law-suits.

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Parking space whiners pay price for crowding roads

Source: Global Times Published: August 17, 2011 17:08

Beijing has nearly 5 million cars, of which almost 900,000 only came on the roads last year. Naturally, problems are arising of just where to put them all.

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Leaders must ditch the crutch of xenophobia

Source: Global Times Published: July 06, 2011 22:06

The next US election cycle started earlier than usual last month when Mark Amodei, a Nevada special election congressional candidate, ran a campaign advertisement featuring a Chinese newscast from the future called “Imperial News.”

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Modesty escapes self-serving 'China experts'

Source: Global Times Published: June 22, 2011 19:47

While surfing the professional networking site LinkedIn recently, I came across someone with an intriguing job title: China expert.

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Rigid sports system can't make for love of the game

Source: Global Times Published: June 08, 2011 20:07

With all its recent success, China's athlete assembly line will likely churn out medal winners for years to come. Unfortunately, it might even tempt other countries to adopt similar methods and continue to take top athletic events away from those who compete for love of their sport.

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Slamming 'the West' makes for unfair rhetoric

Source: Global Times Published: May 25, 2011 18:46

Western nations have enormous differences that shouldn't be downplayed, and they have conflicts with each other as often as they do with China.

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Heartless bystanders not solely Chinese problem

Source: Global Times Published: April 27, 2011 22:15

There are indeed too many situations in China, and anywhere else, where nobody helps though. During social psychologists' studies on the issue, they've found social proof and the bystander effect to be the biggest culprits, but they've also found dozens of other less frequent personal reasons, inclu...

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Slanted Chinese films give foreigners pause

Source: Global Times Published: March 03, 2011 08:43

In Hollywood, thanks to a combination of unreceptive audiences and unwilling foreign actors, the old ethnic stereotypes have nearly been laid to rest.

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