#214 food scare

Milk, an essential for babies and now cup noodles, the popular fast food for adults especially the elderly who found this convenient to prepare. All one needs is to pour hot water into the cup and wait for several minutes…voila, the food is ready for eating! Mind you, the price for a cup noodle is not that [...]

#176 china gymnasts falsify age?

I heard on BBC that China’s gymnasts who won gold were under age. Was there deliberate oversight in submitting the age on their part? There is always confusion for those outside of China to know the age of the China Chinese. Even for one who is born in Singapore, growing up, I was always confused about my [...]

#162 religious freedom

In an earlier post I complimented President George Bush that he was smart in his decision to attend the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing — smart does not equate wise though. As usual the US and the West pride they know what freedom is…human rights, religious freedom, freedom of speech… This religious freedom the West adopted has bankrupted many [...]

#161 has the olympics changed china?

China is a huge land mass divided by mountains and rivers. Can the Olympic Games change China? Probably not the way many outside of China would like to see. It is true that the Olympics might be a national event but those who could really enjoy the occasion is far in between. This happens in all [...]

#157 can man control weather?

There is constant vigilance and scrutiny these days about pollution and the weather on the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing…will the pollution hinder or bring some side-effects on the health of the athletes? What is the media doing by constantly harping upon whether China is able to clean up the air for the Games? Is China not doing [...]

#139 release of political prisoners

According to some news sources, Congressmen Frank R Wolf and Chris Smith went to Beijing to lobby release of 734 (?) political prisoners under the human rights banner.   Are these congressmen willing to absorb these political prisoners to America — that is, to offer these political asylum to their country? What are some implications in releasing these [...]

#138

Mongolia is in a confused state – some Mongolians took to protest allegating that votes were rigged. Does freedom means protest and destruction of premises and getting one another arrested – in the name of human rights which the world is hawking on China’s human rights issue? If Mongolians do not appreciate freedom, will there be elections in future? Will the world point a [...]

#125 a chinese by descent

Interesting that BBC’s James Reynolds sought readers to name 10 top-list about China or people of China. He prefaced that he wrote for his own people…I wonder about the average English interests in the things of the East or China if not for those negatives that happened in UK and Europe like the recent Olympic Torch [...]

#120 a teen-survivor’s courage

I want to record this one of many human stories…the Sichuan earthquake has seen survivors young and old saved from rubbles from several to hundreds of hours after the quake struck; in one case, water fed with love by one’s spouse. Xue Xiao, the 17-year-old, was saved after he survived 80 hours in the rubble — his [...]

#119 one prays for China

I’m praying that my Lord Jesus Christ will give the Chinese the courage to face tomorrow and at some unkind and callous words of discouragements to the victims and people of China.  I pray for all aftershocks to cease and allow those in authority to concentrate on reconstruction and serving her people. I pray for salvation [...]