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Positive moves taken to clean up scourge of gambling in soccer

CHINESE soccer is back in the headlines and again for the wrong reasons. The latest scourge to afflict the country's scandal-ridden game is soccer betting, a furtive activity that has stalked the sport for long before it was put under the spotlight. ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  22 Nov 2009

Cutting corners, costs in building posh flats

AS the cliche goes, you get what you pay for. Price often serves as the first clue as to whether a certain product is of sound quality. Unfortunately, these days you don't always get what you pay for, even when it's a luxury apartment. In the ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Xinhua

'Art' and US$12 million stuffed shark

FOR anyone planning to invest in the art market, it's important to bear in mind that the modern art world is a fickle place fraught with traps. Before venturing into uncharted waters, those who gauge the trends and make decisions based solely on ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Damien Hirst,  Sotheby's

On sprawling cities and left-behind kids

AT last 9-year-old Yang Xuemei, an ethnic Miao girl in Guizhou Province, will have someone to confide in about her growing pains. She is one of the 220,000 children and young people in her hometown whose parents have left them behind back home while ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Xinhua

On road rage and dead-end blame game

IT is with interest that I read Todd S. Fleckenstein's letter - this is at least the 10th time this newspaper has carried an expatriate's rant against Shanghai's often wayward traffic. In a detailed roundup of uncivilized behavior witnessed on local ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  9 Nov 2009

Zhou Libo-mania puts a smile on city's face

DANCING to the theme tune of a landmark TV series of the 1980s, he emerges through swirls of artificial mist from behind a door that slowly swings open. Sporting slicked-back hair, clad in a sharp black suit - a look typical of preening dandies in ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  12 Aug 2009

Protectionism plays with fire

AS the US$825 billion stimulus bill that contains the "Buy American" provision winds its way through the US Congress, its reverberations can be felt all over the world. The clause, which requires only American-made steel products be used in ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  11 Feb 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Adam Smith,  David Ricardo,  Wall Street Journal

When humble hongbao rite goes very wrong

I can hardly recall the last time I received a hongbao or red envelope. Nor do I exactly remember how many 100-yuan (US$14.60) bills were contained in the little red envelope handed to me by a relative. All I know is how I disposed of it: Like ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  22 Jan 2009

Let us now praise ordinary heroes who rise to greatness

TO kung fu movie fans, Bruce Lee is a resonant name. It's a pity that Ip Man isn't. Until recently, mention of his name would probably draw nothing but blank stares. Not any more. Thanks to the namesake film "Ip Man," we know a lot more about this ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  19 Jan 2009

Related Topics: Bruce Lee

More on tree felling, GDP-driven officials, and public complicity

DEAR Wan Lixin, Your pieces are all well-written and thought-provoking. And what inspires me most is your dedication to environmentalism. Following are my observations on your November 13 column, "Wielding an ax no way to grow greener cities." ...

From NI TAO, Shanghai Daily,  20 Nov 2008

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