Do write oddly? I never felt so. Maybe your should blame my sixth grade comp teacher, Mrs. Jowett. Full Comment>>

LBH pollyanna? Ah, loser back home. I see. Maybe. Maybe not. Again, I'm still teaching ESL, but at least back in the states I can leverage my experience and a graduate degree to teach at a bridge program here. In China, I felt stuck at the end. Full Comment>>

My experience returning home is nothing like this persons. 1 - My wife and I were unemployed for about a month and a half after returning. That's with a month long vacation. We spent about a week actively looking for jobs, and another week interviewing. And its not like we had to change fields either. We're both ... Full Comment>>

They should side with Russia publicly, because its to their advantage, especially where the south China sea is concerned, to try to undermine the image of the US as being capable of shaping foreign policy on a whim. It makes the case to potential US allies that the US isn't going to try to hard to contain a regional ... Full Comment>>

I think that that's true in the short term. Remember that the reason that the public is so aggressive is because they are educated to be that way by the CCP to keep them in line. The subtext of any history lesson from the Century of Humiliations is that China needs a strong, authoritarian government to keep foreign ... Full Comment>>

Yea, China is a commercial partner with whom commerce has been mutually beneficial and not much else. Despite three decades of Chinese economic growth at near 10%, the United States economy still possesses the same share of the world economy as measured by GDP as it did in 1969. Full Comment>>

A lot of articles forward an outrageous premise in the title then spend the rest of the piece refuting or adding some amount of nuance that seemingly undermine it. It's a way of attracting readership. Full Comment>>

And that's just it isn't it. Notice how all of these guests are lobbying for another crack down rather than tighter controls on how visa are issued. This is about rallying support for another round of spot checks on paper work. Nothing more. Full Comment>>

I'm sorry no one will date you. Full Comment>>

If only there were an online database for sex criminals, a sex offender registry if you will, that the Chinese authorities at the consulate in Chicago could check before approving people's visa applications. Once again, China isn't doing the things it should be doing and the foreigners get the blame. Full Comment>>

So he's not blaming foreigners, but China should hold fast to its traditions or else foreigners will rob them of their natural resources? Do I even need to point out whats wrong with that line of thought? Full Comment>>

"I don't think it's fair to just assume that he's blaming foreigners per se. That to me is a bit paranoid and overly self-conscious. Yes, China is jingoistic, just like every other country (don't try to tell me they are more so than the US because the jingoism there these days is sickening)" No, in the US ... Full Comment>>

He isn't saying it outright, but in saying that China's need to learn English so that it can better compete with the west economically has caused its people to loss touch with their cultural heritage its doubtlessly the subtext here. No amount of English education is never going to make the Chinese less Chinese, in ... Full Comment>>

Hey that's pretty cool. Is there a video of the egg throwing on Youtube? I can't wait to tell my friends on facebook all about it. Full Comment>>

So there are people that can't find teaching jobs? I find that I little hard to believe. Just this week I turned down two different job offers. Full Comment>>

Actually, my wife and atleast one of my coworkers really like's Walking Dead, but can't stand True Blood because the plot is just a mess. Full Comment>>

Why? Its just slapstick. Not that different from the Stooges or Jerry Lewis really. Now granted, there is quite a bit of artistry in the way that, say, Chevy Chase takes a prat fall but it's not either is incredibly high brow. Full Comment>>

As George Orwell once wrote something that you should probably keep in mind as you see college students walking up and down the street with red flags and pictures of Mao. "The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing ... Full Comment>>

I'd be for this on the condition that after they cross the street they then have to cross a crocodile filled river by jumping across a series of logs. Full Comment>>

If I was ever to be executed, I have to say I think that I would opt for the firing squad. Its just so old school. For extra style points I'd accept the cigarette, but would decline the blind fold. Then, before the very end, I'd pull a Marshal Ney and issue the order to fire myself. Full Comment>>

Well, the obvious answer is neither the Chinese nor the Italians created pasta. What really happened was that the Flying Spaghetti Monster, peace be upon him, willed himself into being a the beginning of time, thus creating pasta. Later, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, peace be upon him, created the universe, earth, ... Full Comment>>

Maybe that just means that you'd be happier doing the kicking? What I think that she might be getting at here is that most types of sexual intercourse, and especially penetrative intercourse, have a sort of power exchange built into them by their very nature, and that BDSM is just a distillation of that power ... Full Comment>>

Somebody on the internet thinks I'm dumb!? Oh no! Full Comment>>

It must be a cold day in hell, because I agree completely. Full Comment>>

#1 I agree completely. It would take a lot of reforms for me to even concider allowing me to send my child to a school here for a Chinese education. This is certainly one of them. #2 This is something that most people, Chinese or otherwise should be better at. #3 I've noticed this one too, yet I never though for a ... Full Comment>>