What is the purpose of my blog? It’s a question I have been asking
myself lately. Do I want to share all my personal trivial snippets with
the rest of the world. No, not really. Do I want to be become a leading
commentary on events in China. Again, not really. I like to
notice and […]

According to Bloomberg
“IBM’s proposed $1.25 billion sale of its personal computer business to
Lenovo Group of China may be held up by U.S. regulators over national
security concerns”. When big takeovers are involved a whole chain of
U.S. regulatory approvals is need before the deal can be effectuated.
Currently the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United […]

Lost on the internet I came across this wonderful forum for Chinese photographers. (Thanks to the Liuzhou Blog which directed me here)
Just go there, sit back, think of the Chinese Characters as poetry, scroll down slowly and let the pictures amaze you. There are 153 pages at the time of writing. It’s […]

It’s about 07:30 when my alarm clock starts making irritating sounds.
Around 08:00 I get up and one of the first things I do is turning on my
PC. I eat a bit and after that start scanning the news, do a search on
Google and drink a cup of coffee. So why am I sharing […]

This morning I heard on the Dutch news (internet radio) that the former
President of China, Zhao Ziyang, died. In ‘89 he was replaced by Jiang Zemin and put under house
arrest because of his soft stance on the student protests.
Chinaherald has
collected a good set of links about his death. It will be interesting
to see […]

Happy Hours are a poor man’s best friend. You get 2 for the price of 1
or you get one for half the price. I am sure they come in all kinds of
variations. It’s a lovely marketing tool to get people in at moments
when they should be doing something sensible like working or watching
tv. […]

I didn’t intend to publish anymore about … but I can’t get around it
when I absorb the China Daily. In Shenzen you can now go to the … cafe. Backed by the local government, this venture aims “to bring convenience for customers by combining …
education, … counselling and free condoms into a one-stop […]