What would you do if you were the only boy in an all girl school?
That actually happened to me, but only for a day. I was in Japan and I was 17 years old. I’m half Japanese on my Mom’s side but…
Why is China now ignoring Trump and his pleas to do a deal? Is Trump in some serious trouble? Has he grabbed the tail of the tiger?
By all accounts, China appears to have the resolve to push back hard against Trump’s tariffs — even though Trump might think that “they don’t have the cards.”…
Why does New York look so outdated compared to Chinese cities like Shanghai or Shenzhen?
Look, let’s take all the dick-swinging out of this argument (from both parties) and look at it rationally. At one point in time, not that long ago, New…
Why don’t companies just make everything in the US to avoid tariffs?
Let’s take a single example. This is nickel, a ferromagnetic metal. It’s used in all sorts of applications from stainless steel to batteries to electroplating Now, Canada has…
Why do so many Americans gain weight from eating high carb foods like rice, but people in Asian countries can eat it all day and seemingly not gain any weight?
The problem isn’t carbs like rice or flour, the problem is added sugar. One thing I noticed when I first came to the US is how sweet everything…
Why is China the first in the world to counter the “reciprocal tariff”?
They are the largest economy on earth in terms of GDP (PPP). The US pretends like it is still the mid-1990s and they basically have unquestionable total dominance…
Why do many people believe in evolution when we are totally surrounded by evidence for intelligent design?
There is an excellent example in humans. Sinuses. For many people, the misery of sinusitis is real. So what’s going on there? Sinuses are spaces in the bones…
I do not buy Chinese products (unless disposable) because I know they will be low quality. Why does China only seem to make low end products? Why do they not mimic Germany where the standard is higher?
One of my partners is an Indonesian. He doesn’t know Chinese very well, so he asked me to go with him to the China Canton Fair this year….
Is Venus technically more habitable than Mars?
Venus is a hell world which has utterly annihilated everything we’ve ever sent there in minutes. The surface temperature can reach more than 800F (462C). The atmospheric pressure…
How likely is Mandarin to surpass English as the global lingua franca?
Virtually zero chance. There are many reasons why English is the lingua franca today. It’s widespread around the world. The British Empire was pretty effective at spreading it…