US Mends Ties With China

Tibetans in Sichuan staged a protest this month. Dalai Lama has called for ban on leather trade, and when these monks were setting leather products on fire and authorities came to stop them.


U.S. dispatched two high level officers to Beijing to mend ties, strained after Obama's meeting with Dalai Lama and arm sales to Taiwan.


The Chinese traditional chess, Go becomes the offical competition sprots for Asia Games.

Tibet's Best Spokesman, Toyota goes to Washington

The 14th Dalai Lama, is also the best known spokesman and public relations wizard for Tiebet. His marvelous laughter, occasional playfulness, and not afraid to make a joke on himself rivals so many pro-China representatives. He said at a recent interview with National Public Radio, he is willing to step down if it serves Tibet well.


New angle on Google heckle incident in China. Accordint to Council on Foreign Relation (CFR)'s Adam Segal, it's not about human rights or cyberwar, but a compromise between gobalinnovation and reliability.


Everyone is talking about the freezing climate in U.S.-China relations. How about some reality bites from CFR's Elizabeth Economy?


China wants own war game in Thailand.


Toyota's founding family president, Akio Toyota goes to Washington. The timing could not be worse. Besides the massive recall, there is also a criminal and a SEC investigations.

Dalai Lama Meets Obama, China's Ant Tribe

Fireworks erupt in China's Qinghai among Tibetan monks to mark today's meeting between Obama and Dalai Lama.


Young Chinese graduates are crowding around edges of big cities such as Beijing, in hope for a better mid-class life some day. They form China's "ant tribe".


A powerful 6.7 M quake shocks China-Russia border.


China's telecom frim Unioncom denies involvement in Nigeria bid for Nitel.


China's cyberthreat and openness.


US-China relations on downward slope


Fridge free vaccines will be highly welcomed in developing countries.

Tony Robbins 5 Keys To Thrive

As Chinese New Year is only two weeks away, I think it is appropriate to share you motivational speaker Tony Robbins 5 keys to thrive in the New Year.

1. Take control of your mind. You are what you think, so think positive, be persistent and plan ahead.
2. Strengthen your body. (The body is your best friend, ally and make sure it is there for you when you need to succeed)
3. Get a role model to inspire you. (so you can keep going long and strong)
4. Have a plan and then take massive action. ( I like the massive action part, a plan without actions is called day dreaming)
5. Feed the spirit.

you can watch Tony Robbins video clip on the 5 keys to thrive here.

Hacked Google Considers Out of China

The search giant, called Valley Song (Guge) in China, is finally throwing a rock into the boat and said Enough is Enough to the Chinese censor.

For years, Google has been willingly or unwillingly cooperating with Beijing and put a tight filter over what you see from searching "sensitive" words, such as Tiananmen, June Fourth, and many more. Now after severely hacked by Chinese hackers, the company said NO, even at the expense of pulling out of China altogether.

But there are also augments that Google is just a recent casualty of heating competition in Chinese search engine market, especially facing another giant Baidu. Google is citing the excuse as a face saving way to slip out of the red door.

Whatever the reasons, and it may take a while to find out the true motivations, the pullout of Google, if it so happens, will be a milestone to Chinese Great Firewall, as it serves to tell the tale that even you are as formidable as Google, you either have to compete or withdraw, half-hearted and half-closed eyes to censorship are simply not an option.

China Considers Replacing Japan To Supply Oil In Indian Ocean

Years later, history may remember that Jan. 15, 2010 marks the end of an era. On this day, Japan officially ends 8-year run as the supplier of oil in Indian ocean.

Even more significant may be the successor to the Japanese. Chinese Navy is said to be considering to be the supplier. If it turns out, the new era in which Japanese Marine Self Defense force will be dwindling and losing presence and a Chinese marine force debut in the sop-called International black gold sealine.

Japanese government is certainly aware of the gravy potential, but strained by a stagnating economy and pending discussions with the U.S. over relocation of Futenma air force base, it has few options.

Chinese Student Caught Sneaking Into Newark Security Area

Just days after the attempted airliner attack, a 28 year old Chinese doctoral student Haisong Jiang was arrested in New York Newark Airport for sneaking into secured terminal areas without going through regular check.

The male student was caught by secure cameras (dude, they are everywhere these days!). The student was seen being warned to get too close to the security gate and he waited until no one is watching, and then crossed the gate, kissed his girlfriend (Hello, Gal, Are you standing behind this?), and they wondered towards the terminals.

The ending: the massive airport was shut down temporarily, and all passengers were ordered to re-enter the security gates. The incident had prompted a security breach that shut down Terminal C for hours and forced the rescreening of thousands of passengers.