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November 2008

Why didn't they just smoke it? - 2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb "The 18 researchers, most of them based in China, subjected the cannabis to a.... November 29, 2008 3:37 PM

MOFCOM busted - Anyone who deals with foreign investment here in China is very familiar with MOFCOM. They're like a Turing Machine where.... November 24, 2008 3:06 PM

The Varga girl meets the Chinese farm girl - With all the Nouriel Roubini style doom and gloom crashing around me, I needed something to chuckle about. Good thing.... November 22, 2008 3:27 PM

Pepsi, Uyghurs, and multi-ethnicity through pop culture - Really interesting interview/overview of a Pepsi commercial shot in Xinjiang........ November 21, 2008 9:11 PM

Shattering Beltway Illusions - Today I discovered a new punk band called Shattering Beltway Illusions. The first thing I noticed was that they all.... November 16, 2008 1:42 PM

Swords, stewardesses, and stimulus packages - Sitting on a flight up to Beijing, a stewardess hands me the China Daily, and the first headline I see.... November 14, 2008 10:20 AM

Worse than expected - It makes you wonder what kind of chaos is happening up in Beijing behind closed doors when WJB comes.... November 13, 2008 2:50 PM

Beanergy 好状态 - I saw this drink advertisement on the side of a bus. The drink's name is "Beanergy" and in Chinese is.... November 13, 2008 1:58 PM

What's your cut? - Chatting with some investment banker friends the other day, the topic drifted quickly away from small talk and gravitated to.... November 10, 2008 10:09 PM

Attitude towards adversity - I thought this headline today said a lot about the past and the future...of the US. LA-Z-BOY TO CUT 850.... November 8, 2008 8:36 AM

China Cigar Ambassador - I saw this magazine the other day, and was glad to see that Obama is now the official China Cigar.... November 3, 2008 11:02 PM