Something's funny about the bunny
2011-02-17 08:02:02
While depictions of these long-eared animals are everywhere as Year of the Rabbit begins, what the creature represents as a totem is as fuzzy as its fur.
Celebrating the Rabbit's arrival in a rainforest
2011-02-16 07:53:35
As I gazed at the ink-wash that was the night sky over Malaysian Borneo's rainforest, I lamented its silence and its monochrome.
Screenage apocalypse just a load of hype
2011-02-16 07:53:35
I'm trying to get anyone who bites to bet the world will end in 2012.
Rabbit hops in to 'lasers' and ravioli jiaozi
2011-02-15 07:52:11
Spring Festival this year saw my wife Ellen and me traveling back from Australia to Tianjin.
Why do city's buildings age so quickly?
2011-02-15 07:53:33
On the corner of two busy roads in Tianjin stands my first place of residence in China.
It's far harder to amass stuff than to get rid of it
2011-02-15 07:53:33
When I left home to start a two-decade foray in Asia, all I owned fit in one suitcase.
Priceless art and culture
2011-02-14 07:46:59
The government will encourage the nation's public cultural facilities to let in visitors free, in an experiment intended to make high culture available to a wider public.
Academic fraud
2011-02-14 07:46:59
It is nothing glorious, but it is worth celebrating. The Ministry of Science and Technology has finally decided to recall a prestigious prize it awarded in 2005 to former professor Li Liansheng of Xi'an Jiaotong University. The thesis on scroll compressor design involved serious plagiarism, the award was unjustified and the economic benefits the professor claimed for the design were untrue, according to an official statement by the ministry.
The year of 1.3 billion rabbits
2011-02-11 07:40:50
Spring Festival distinguishes itself by celebrating not only a new calendar cycle but also the fecundity and life heralded by the start of spring.
Micro blogs a means not an end
2011-02-11 07:40:50
Those harboring doubts about micro-blogging should now be convinced that micro blogs can play an effective role in mobilizing society for a just course.
Nothing wrong with education system
2011-02-09 08:11:30
Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Why Chinese Mothers are Superior - has sparked a debate over Chinese-style parenting.
My red Year of the Rabbit
2011-02-08 07:35:19
Looks like it is going to be an interesting new Year of the Rabbit for me.
