Interesting story here. The truth is it says more about the American newsroom. As the Colbert Report revealed here, news can come out of American journalists' asses, and they often do. See highlighted text below; so very true. Hence, newsrooms across America are going bankrupt. The only way to buck the trend, frankly, is to do real reporting and more truth! … [Read more...] about Knockoff? Maybe, but it says more about what the Chinese thinks of the American newsroom
Fact Checking NYT’s Qi Chonghuai Jailed Journalist Story
Recently New York Times published a story on a jailed Chinese journalist Qi Chonghuai, and made some fairly severe, usual allegations (corruption, official misconduct, torture), and a new one - double jeopardy violation in resentencing Qi to more jail time for the crime he served 4 years already, because he vowed to continue to expose official graft. Since it was written by … [Read more...] about Fact Checking NYT’s Qi Chonghuai Jailed Journalist Story
Who owns America’s $14.3 trillion debt?
Americans, of course! Various entities within the U.S. own $9.8 trillion and the remainder $4.5 trillion are owned by foreigners and foreign governments. My own tally shows China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan combined for about $1.4 trillion, about $500 billion more than Japan. These data come from Business Insider and make for great reference since America is undergoing debates about … [Read more...] about Who owns America’s $14.3 trillion debt?
China Bullet Train Crash, and the organic nature of public relations
PR, as in public relations, is an art. Over the last few days I have been watching Wang Yongping (王勇平) addressing the Chinese press on the bullet train crash. On one hand, I feel bad for him, for he was genuinely trying to relay facts. On the other hand, I thought he really bungled on certain issues which created controversies that shouldn't have been in the first place. For … [Read more...] about China Bullet Train Crash, and the organic nature of public relations
The ONLY Previous Lightning Damaged Train Signaling System, UK August 2006
Here is one incident in York, UK that's actually very similar to the HSR collision in China, the lightning also knocked out the signaling system in the train station, but fortunately, no collisions. HH has the scoop on this. http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/885887.lightning_strike_sparks_rail_chaos/ … [Read more...] about The ONLY Previous Lightning Damaged Train Signaling System, UK August 2006