(Originally posted on Political Warrior, April 2013)
So in China, they eat more KFC than we do here, but we eat more Chinese than they do.
Typically, we say, "as American as Apple Pie." Jennifer Lee asks the question, "Do you eat Chinese food or Apple Pie more often?"
Another gem in this TED talk, Fortune Cookies, invented by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, perfected by the Americans. Globalization at work.
Focus at 1:45 mark to see Chinese people trying to figure out what a Fortune Cookie is.
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(originally posted on Political Warrior, March 2013)
Vast cities are being built across China at a rate of ten a year, but they remain almost uninhabited ghost cities. It's estimated there are 64 million empty apartments.
6o Minutes Reported on the Real Estate Bubble Sunday.
It happens rarely. But every once in a while, during a 60
Minutes interview, someone will drop a bomb into the conversation and say
something that shocks even our veteran correspondents. That happened to Lesley
Stahl in this week's interview with a Chinese billionaire named
Zhang Xin.
Did She Really Just Say That? Xin on Democracy
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