LD.Watson on news 9 Suspects Caught in Gaokao Cheating Operation (6 comments)
Zhao and Peng? I must know a million Zhaos and Pengs in China! (Where's Wang? Besides hiding in the closet, I mean...) And the authorities - heh heh - caught only two of them plus seven accomplices??? Nice job, boys in blue! With over 9 million exam-takers, Zhao and Peng are scapegoats. Maybe even fictitious in a ... Full Comment>>
LD.Watson on news Photographer Defends Naked Forbidden City Shoot: “My Conscience Is Clear” (12 comments)
Agree. Good references: Franco, Picasso, Guernica, Lenny Bruce. Full Comment>>
LD.Watson on news Photographer Defends Naked Forbidden City Shoot: “My Conscience Is Clear” (12 comments)
Intrigued by the Forbidden City shoot for several reasons. One, worse things happen in that tourist trap such as thievery. scams, prostitution, littering, public excretions (urinary, anal and respiratory), and other misfortunes perpetrated by less-developed beings such as Wang Dong. Two. I am somewhat a snapper ... Full Comment>>
LD.Watson on news Annoyed Foreigners Beat Chinese Men With Bottles at Xi'an Night Market (18 comments)
Great journalism! ECC will soon will a Pulitzer with their awe-inspiring, investigative reporting! Full Comment>>
LD.Watson on news Japanese Toilet Seat Fever Sweeps China (18 comments)
I recall reading about Japanese "smart" commodes some years ago and thought they were a step up from the standard sit-down toilet that we all grew up with, know, love and never have a complaint about. But the Japanese took the toilet concept a step further in terms of personal hygiene and comfort - not at ... Full Comment>>
LD.Watson on news The Chinese Job Interview: Advice on How to Get Hired in China(9 comments)
Bypassed the article mainly because I'm not looking to get hired in China. But first impressions do count, as my eye caught the headline and the photo. The boy in the studio shot needs a proper haircut if he wants to pass any interview. Full Comment>>
LD.Watson on news Qualcomm to Pay 975 Million USD in Anti-trust Settlement(2 comments)
Quallcom must be earning heroic amounts of money in China to agree to pay close to one billion US to Chinese "antitrust" regulators. Probably a spit in the bucket. (A really BIG fat red envelope comes to mind at this time of year.) Anti-trust? Anti-monopoly? No one holds a monopoly in China EXCEPT the ... Full Comment>>
LD.Watson on news US Companies Protest China’s New Tech Policy (4 comments)
This is not news. Simply another move in the cat and mouse game that has been going on since Nixon and Mao decided to jerk each other off some years ago. At Nixon's expense, in retrospect, given that the U.S. has since provided China with untold volumes of economic and technological aid to modernize the Middle ... Full Comment>>
LD.Watson on news China Wants to Make Getting a Green Card Less Impossible for Foreigners (34 comments)
"Less impossible" in the headline is still... impossible. (The word is a non-gradable or absolute adjective.) Pretty much sets the tone for the disinformation in the article. Full Comment>>