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Our man in America: Paradise of consumption where 1 in 6 go hungry

EDITOR'S note: Shanghai Daily columnist Wan Lixin is now on a three-month journalism program in Virginia, United States. This is his second article giving his impressions. IN a recent editorial (November 17) USA Today cited a 2005 data showing ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: USA Today

First impressions from our man in America: cars are everywhere

AFTER settling down in Arlington, Virginia, we decided to explore our environment a little on foot. The weather here was much warmer than we expected (that was before Hurricane Ida), though the fallen leaves - yellow, red, and brown - gave broad ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  17 Nov 2009

The death of literary journals that transform into trash to survive

THIS weekend on the metro, amid crowds of young and elderly people fresh from Happy Valley, I saw a young man holding a copy of the magazine Shiyue, or October. Twenty years ago, this literary magazine, together with an array of other literary ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rudyard Kipling,  Google Inc.

Smelling a rat: 5 simple signs of financial fiddling

THERE has always been, and will be, plenty of fraudsters eager to separate you from your money. On an average day my e-mail box contains several messages telling me that someone wants to share a fortune with me, or that I have won an award. From ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  Robert Brown

A loopy idea: human self resembles 'strange loop'

IN "I Am a Strange Loop," Douglas Hofstadter explains how the human self resembles a "strange loop." To illustrate this cumbersome concept, Hofstadter cites an anecdote in the 1970s, while he was a teenager shopping with his family for a video ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  16 Oct 2009

Wanderlust stems from our desire to escape our messy lives

THE first day back to his kindergarten, my son's class were asked where they had been during the eight-day holiday. Many gave destinations at a fair distance from their homes. But during the holiday my son was enjoying himself immensely outdoors ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Zhang Yimou

Nantong rises as logistics hub in development of Yangtze River Delta

NANTONG vows to sharpen its edge as a logistical hub in the Yangtze River Delta, capitalizing on its strategically positioned river and sea ports, and its access to Shanghai as transport improves. These aspirations were aired, and shared, at the ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  29 Sep 2009

Busy signal: When it's time to slow down and do less

MOST people feel flattered when others consider them to be a busy person. There is the generally untested assumption that being busy suggests one is responsible, important, disciplined, self-sacrificing, and dedicated. If they slow down and look ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  18 Sep 2009

Tagore was booed for hailing Oriental culture as China eyed West

RECENTLY I read a little bit about Rabindranath Tagore, thanks to a documentary video made by my Indian colleague Bivash Mukherjee at his own cost. Focused on the poet's China contacts in the 1920s, the documentary traced the residence Tagore stayed ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  15 Sep 2009

Searching for meaning in the madding crowd

"PRISONERS of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles at Work" should be recommended for attempting something formidable: How to humanize your work by putting meaning into it. As the title suggests, Pattakos draws primarily on Frankl's "Man's ...

From WAN LIXIN, Shanghai Daily,  11 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Viktor E Frankl,  Chiang Kai-shek

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