News on China

 
China defends Multilateral Trade and Warns Against ‘Law of the Jungle’ at Davos, Veiled Criticism of U.S. Unilateralism
China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng warned at the World Economic Forum on 20 January that the global economy must not return to a “law of the jungle,” a veiled reference to unilateral practices by the United States. He… Continue reading

From Dongsheng News

Just before the hard news:

Today, we share “The New Drunken Concubine” (新贵妃醉酒) performed by Li Yugang (李玉刚), who specializes in “nandan” roles, males playing a female role in the Beijing opera, and known for his ability to sing across vocal ranges typically associated with male and female singers.

And here is how… Continue reading

The most interesting for me was the last piece on bicycles.  We’ve been talking about simplifying lives, and there is a clear distinction between those that are for less technology and those that are for appropriate technology.  That piece on bicycles is a technological way to simplify.

This is another example of a simple technology, wrapped… Continue reading