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Posts from the ‘Society’ Category

12.6.11Is University in China Simply a Means to an End?

9.14.11Photographic Series Reveals What China’s Youth Thinks About

9.6.116 Flash Mobs That Generated Buzz in Asia

9.5.11Korean-American Student Joins Libyan Rebels, “Thought It Would Be Cool”

8.29.11How Cities Can Save The World: From Asia To The Amazon (Part 3 of 3)

8.24.11Amidst Anna Hazare Hunger Strike, Social Media Use in India Surges

8.8.11Technology Must Not Be Evil: The Atomic Bomb Archive on Google Earth

7.29.11Understanding Censorship: A Study of China’s Search Engines

7.28.11Why The Trees Are Gone: From Asia to the Amazon (Part 1 of 3)

7.27.11The Hipster Monk: Reinventing Buddhism for Modern China

4.5.11Hong Kong Parents Value Grades Over Health, Survey Finds

3.31.11Chinese Website Asks People to Write Their Own Tombstones

3.30.11See Eerie Photographs of Tokyo, Before and After the Earthquake

3.25.11In Midst of Crisis, Japanese People Show Strength and Compassion

3.22.11Man Appeals Death Penalty for 116 Rapes, 91 Thefts, and 23 Robberies

3.16.11UPDATED: At Least Some of Dead Korean Actress’ Recently Discovered Letters are Fabricated

3.16.11The price of potassium iodine pills skyrocket in Japan

3.15.11China’s Culture is Broken: Can Beijing Innovate Its Creative Industries?

3.14.11A donation miracle in Japan

3.14.115 High Definition Videos of the Japan Earthquake You Need to See

3.11.11Huge 8.9 earthquake hits northern Japan

3.6.11You Can Have Free Alcohol Refills on Japan’s New Bullet Train

3.4.11Entrance Exam Cheater Who Used Yahoo! Answers Caught

3.2.11K-Pop Star Rain Goes Green and Sings in Mandarin for China

3.1.11Think job fairs in the U.S. are stressful?

3.1.11Thai Airways Tells Flight Attendants That They’re Too Fat

2.28.1110 Secrets Japanese Men Don’t Want Their Girlfriends To Know About

2.26.11Cheater Uses Yahoo! Answers in Kyoto University Entrance Exam

2.15.11China Bans Gratuitous Smoking Scenes in Movies… Real Life Next?

2.14.11Will Yale University Bring a Liberal Arts Education to Singapore?

2.12.11
Why Multiculturalism is a False Dream

2.10.11North Korean Draws Facial Hair on Kim Jong Il’s Photo, Then Burns It

2.5.11Does Egypt’s “Tiananmen Square Moment” Matter to China?

1.26.11China to Combine Nine Southern Cities into World’s Largest City

1.24.11Rush Limbaugh Mocks Hu Jintao’s “Ching Chong,” Stephen Colbert Retaliates

1.15.11“Milk Tea Cutie” Refuses Zhang Yimou Film; Goes to Tsinghua University Instead

1.14.11Why Amy Chua’s WSJ Article is Not Entirely What It Seems

1.14.11Amy Chua Take Notice: Young Asian American Females and the Suicide Rate

12.6.10
The WikiLeaks Fallout: What Happens Next?

12.5.10Survey Says, Asian Americans More Optimistic About the American Dream

12.5.10Taiwan’s Economic Brilliance: Pay Your Taxes, Win the Lottery

11.29.10Asian Netizens Are in Near-Pedophiliac Love With This 12-Year-Old Vietnamese Model

11.14.10A Redditor Reminisces on Outrunning the 2004 Tsunami

11.14.10Jimmy Wales and Other Media Experts Debate, "Is the Internet Making Us Stupid?"

11.10.10Is Asia’s Obesity Part of Westernization?

11.5.10Is it Fair to Call China’s Involvement in Africa "New Colonialism"?

11.3.10George Takei Calls Anti-Gay Arkansas School Board Member a “Douchebag”

11.2.10UN to Review Singapore’s Human Rights Record

11.1.10Indonesian Group Rages Over Pamela Anderon’s Playboy Donation

10.30.10"Why Did China Boom?": 100 Experts Weigh In

10.29.10Which Asian City Produces the Most Trash in the World?

10.28.10Update on the Megi Aftermath: Mistakes and Progress

10.28.10Survey Says Chinese Men Have More Sex, But Worse Sex [NSFW]

10.27.10Could China’s Athletic Events Dismantle Chinese Identity?

10.26.10Taiwanese Woman Marries Herself, Society Bound for Inevitable Collapse

10.26.10How Taiwan’s Government Failed: Typhoon Megi

10.22.10Asian Jersey Shore Show "K-Town" Asks: What is an Asian?

10.21.1021st Century Girl: Alice Xia on Saudi Women’s Drive for Mobility

10.21.10Spanking in Singapore: Fetish or Deterrence?

10.6.10Hong Kong University Graduate Jailed for Stealing Books