(2011-03-15 08:55:48)

李金磊

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5fd794f40100r8q5.html

思想道德建设谁来管？在全国政协的小组讨论会上，全国政协常务委员、卫生部原部长张文康举例说，有的小孩在被问及长大后的理想时，竟表示“想当贪官”，因为贪官挣钱多，这是现实的也是可怕的。（3月14日《京华时报》）

Who takes care of the construction of thinking and morals?  At the country-wide ( Read more... )

The following an opinion blog post from sina.com.  The original was posted on Feb. 28, 2011.  Title:  "With Foreigners Study Chinese" (lit.) or "Study Chinese with Foreigners" or "Study Chinese Like a Foreigner" Author:  Wang Xuming

Note:  I have not checked the translation with someone who actually speaks Chinese fluently, so the translation ( Read more... )

The regions the CIA World Factbook looks at not on the former list ( Read more... )

List of countries of the world for future reference ( Read more... )

I recently discovered two pieces of evidence that I read too much fantasy ( Read more... )

I have never in my life set foot in a place where no man has gone before, nor do I have any aching desire to do so (at least in the literal sense, the intellectual world is an entirely different matter). I live in a world of plumbing, walls and prepackaged food, and I’m comfortable here. On the other hand, there are times when I have no wish to ( Read more... )