Rick Thomas

@Rushour: I gotta give you credit- this is an interesting post on your part. When I first came to China, I was among those who believe that, since democracy has worked for us, it should work all over...

Nan, have you ever seen the movie "American History X"? If not, I highly recommend it. If you have, then you'll probably remember the scene where the principal asks Ed Norton's character if anything...

Re: "...poison their culture with Coke and Micky..." I'm picturing a 100-foot-tall Mickey Mouse terrorizing the streets of Shanghai, growling and crushing cars and knocking down buildings like the ...

@BBC1- Does your comment mean that you think Sommerville's question was not a legitimate one? If so, please explain why....

@BBC1, I'd like to draw your attention to the following quotes: "The Ahmadinejad-Khamenei Iran - despite the celebrations following the forgeries of the elections - is heading to oblivion and without...

yuanjiangni, I agree wholeheartedly. And I think that's something that everyone on this site can agree with (excluding the more "colorful" commenters like nanheygrouchan). This is about as close to ...

Annetiti, your English is great, you have nothing to worry about. :-) You're right that foreigners should try to ascertain the facts before commenting. But how are we supposed to do this when the CC...

You know what the funniest part of all this is? The PRC's government doesn't realize that, by sending out the umbrella brigades, it actually augmented the newsworthiness of the very story it was tryi...

There's a great article in the New York Times this week, part of which responds to the argument that BBC1 and Eastman often make on this website (the notion that the crackdown was necessary in order t...

If Eastman and BBC1 aren't already part of the 50 Cent Army, maybe they should join. If they're going to be fenqing clichés anyway, they should at least get paid for it....

I have to agree with BBC1 on this one. The only thing these students are binge drinking are Red Bull and coffee at the campus library at 5am when cramming for another exam. I imagine there aren't ve...

Not to make light of the situation (I agree this is a horrible practice), but has anyone ever bought anything from a street vendor here that HAS lasted longer than a week? One of the first lessons yo...

Again, Continental's actual offer is NOT $315 + taxes for a one-way ticket. It's actually $630 + taxes for a roundtrip ticket. The airlines quote the price for each leg of the flight in order to mak...

Hey everyone, as a former travel agent in the States, I feel I should warn you about some caveats to fares like this one: 1. Keep in mind that this fare is each way, but that you can't get this fare ...

So rockets hitting Israel were made in China, and missles hitting Gaza were made in the US. What a clusterf$%k. "I am ASKING YOU to fight! To fight AGAINST their agression, NOT to provoke it!" -G...