And You Thought The Tiger Mother Was Tough

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/14/143659027/and-you-thought-the-tiger-mother-was-tough

Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'

The way it works, the critics believe, is that Asian-Americans are evaluated not as individuals, but against the thousands of other ultra-achieving Asians who are stereotyped as boring academic robots.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-12-03/asian-students-college-applications/51620236/1

China regulator bans TV advertisements during dramas

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15933297

"In the long-run, the move will help TV dramas develop in a scientific and healthy manner," said the unidentified spokesman.

How China Can Defeat America

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/opinion/how-china-can-defeat-america.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

The fragmentation of the pre-Qin era resembles the global divisions of our times, and the prescriptions provided by political theorists from that era are directly relevant today — namely that states relying on military or economic power without concern for morally informed leadership are bound to fail.

China Conundrum

China Conundrum

DOZENS of new students crowded into a lobby of the University of Delaware’s student center at the start of the school year. Many were stylishly attired in distressed jeans and bright-colored sneakers; half tapped away silently on smartphones while the rest engaged in boisterous conversations. Eavesdropping on those conversations, however, would have been difficult for an observer not fluent in Mandarin. That’s because, with the exception of one lost-looking soul from Colombia, all the students were from China.

DOES CHINA WANT TO OWN THE MOON?

http://news.discovery.com/space/china-moon-resources-bigelow-111020.html

Midwest China Airhub links

http://www.bnd.com/2011/09/04/1846489/taxpayers-foot-bill-to-tout-airport.html

MASCOUTAH -- St. Clair County taxpayers have spent more than $1.6 million between January 2008 and July 2011 on consultant fees, travel and lodging costs, in addition to advertising and marketing expenses -- all to promote the struggling MidAmerica St. Louis Airport.

The county Public Building Commission, which oversees the airport, has spent most of these consultant dollars to promote MidAmerica as an air cargo hub with direct flights to and from China.

So far, county taxpayers are awaiting the first fruits from their investment of time and treasure on the China strategy for the airport, which in 2009 needed a subsidy of nearly $7 million in cash and in-kind costs from the county to keep running.

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_be77ea40-90d3-5ce2-98e2-af05d0ce5a3f.html

http://www.aircargonews.com/0611/FT110614.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest-China_Hub_Commission

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Aerotropolis-Economic-boon-or-boondoggle-2154324.php

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/26/idUS141219+26-Jan-2009+BW20090126

What's also critical for Americans to understand is the Chinese word "guanxi," (pronounced gwan-shee), which means a network of relationships based on shared obligations and reciprocal duties that, over time, create a powerful sense of trust.