I hope you all liked the face lift we just did (special thanks to 大猫, our new technical consultant, for making the beautiful header image). :-) First off, to follow the tradition of our site reports, here is our web stats for August. … [Read more...] about (Foolsmountain Admin) Fool’s Mountain:New Face and New Initiative
Archives for September 2008
Recently completed mega-construction projects in China
For about two decades straight, day-and-night, 24/7, China has been the world's construction ground, with architectural marvels and giant infrastructure springing up at a swift rate and on an enormous scale. The Beijing Olympics set some ungodly tight deadlines on a few of these projects, but with sheer drive, massive manpower, capital investment, and the directive planning … [Read more...] about Recently completed mega-construction projects in China
(Letter from Otto Kerner, Opposing Viewpoint) Tibet: A Way Forward?
In the comments to an earlier post related to Tibet, I found it striking that, although by different routes, bianxiangbianqiao and wuming and I have reached roughly the same conclusion, viz that there's no logical reason why Tibet should remain part of China, but, at the same time, it is completely impossible for China to let it become independent, since that would invariably … [Read more...] about (Letter from Otto Kerner, Opposing Viewpoint) Tibet: A Way Forward?