There might be a recession on the way, but American culture is doing just fine. Although we've said nunca más to Taco Bell, but we got the MLB coming our way, Rambo's back in a way that Rocky Balboa could only dream of, and best of all is the surprising news that Dunkin' Donuts is on its way to Shanghai. We used to be jealous of Hong Kongers because they had Krispy Kreme, but that......

Hong Kongers snub Beijing Sydney Morning Herald: Hong Kong voters snub Beijing, strike blow for democracy TIME: One for the Democrats in Hong Kong Reuters: Pro-democracy Chan wins symbolic Hong Kong election Fake moon pictures? Fox: China: Our Moon Photo Is No Fake The Canadian Press: China rejects questions over allegedly generic lunar surface photo The Telegraph: China defends lunar probe pictures China business WSJ: China Railway Shares Surge On Shanghai Trading Debut WSJ:......

About 100 Chinese teachers are expected to arrive at state schools in the United Kingdom (yes, that haven of foreign language education) by next year, but schools which have already employed some of those teachers in their classrooms (which they described as "lovely") have already found problems, such as the following:"Their lack of familiarity with the English system of discipline, target setting etc is a problem.""They also tend to have different, perhaps unrealistic, expectations of......

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. If this AP report is anything to go by though, not everyone has found reason for celebration as minor scuffles between democracy protestors and the police have erupted. Also from the report: Since British rulers left on July 1, 1997, China has tried to encourage people here to have a deeper feeling for the motherland and consider themselves Chinese citizens - not 'Hong......

The new silk road of weaponry: China to Iran to Hezbollah?China and the CIS countries are applying for heritage status for the actual Silk Road.the first Chinese-owned television station in the Middle East, Alibaba Business News, began broadcasting in the United Arab Emirates.Tomson Riviera finally sold its first apartment. The Pudong flat went for about $16 million US dollars.Manchester City 1, Shanghai Shenhua 0.Say it ain't so: China will eradicate Chinglish signs but luckily, this......

We often hear about how "easy" living in Hong Kong is and how "expensive" it is. This is the first time we've heard of the scores of elderly, poor and neglected Hong Kongese (or is it Hong Kongers?) who live in cages: Official government statistics show that there are 150,000 Hong Kong people living in cages, cubicles, rooftop huts, hallways benches, parks and streets. In bureaucratic lingo this is called "inadequate housing." Government data for......

Since information about the WTO protests in Hong Kong this past week was fairly scant in local publications, check out Western media sources such as this, or this (in English) or Chinese reports from Hong Kong such as this or this (may be inaccessible in China) to get a sense of what all those Korean peasants and Third World rabble-rousers are making such a fuss about. (Or you could have gone down there to witness......