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'This time is different' deja vu

LOW interest rates, together with a loosening of controls, are largely blamed for the US housing bubble which burst in 2007 and led to the global financial crisis. But as the country's stock markets rebounded somehow, many Americans believe the ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  20 Nov 2009

Docs fiddle online while kids die

A SERIES of shocking cases involving doctors who were not paying attention, answering calls and playing a video game, may have cost the lives of tiny patients. A 5-month-old baby died while his parents pleaded with a doctor to stop playing a video ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  18 Nov 2009

We can sort out the problem by sorting out the garbage

INCINERATING garbage to generate power is also generating serious public concerns about the environmental damage caused by burning materials that release toxins. It's time to promote classification and sorting of garbage so that incineration does ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  15 Nov 2009

Pursuing proper balance between economics, ecology

IN the modern era, many people take it for granted that rapid economic development serves the interests of the vast majority. But Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver, authors of "Right Relationship," are among the few exceptions. They argue that ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joseph Stiglitz,  Columbia University

Why 'comfort foods' make us feel worse

MANY people respond to stress by eating sugary or starchy, high-carbohydrate snacks, but sometimes what are intended as "comfort foods" make them feel worse. That's because those snacks often cause nutritional stress, thus adding to the strain, ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  6 Nov 2009

Being a hot-shot CEO is not all it's cracked up to be

MANY people crave becoming a successful chief executive officer (CEO) because they enjoy both prestige in business and material wealth. However, the life of a CEO is not as desirable as many suppose. A competent CEO often must sacrifice a lot of ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Steve Jobs,  FTSE,  Forbes Magazine

Math models can't predict the market

LIKE many other individual stock buyers, my father watches almost every day live TV programs in which stock analysts forecast the trend of China's stock market and recommend stocks with "high potential." But he tends to take the analysts' opinions ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Merrill Lynch

Outrageous pollution poisons our children

A SERIES of heavy metal pollution scandals - involving thousands of poisoned children in several provinces - should sound the alarm: these enterprises need to clean up their act, once and for all. The dangers of polluting the environment and the ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Xinhua

Cloud computing brings sunshine

YOU might not have heard of "cloud computing," but you're likely to be using some of its technology in, say, Web-based e-mail services such as Hotmail and Gmail. In the information technology world, Web-based applications and services, which are ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  16 Oct 2009

Stealing veggies online a harmful game that undermines values

CHINA'S press authority has tightened controls over online games twice in two months, sending the clear signal that the negative impacts of online games on society have grown too big to be neglected. A circular jointly released by China's General ...

From WU JIAYIN, Shanghai Daily,  15 Oct 2009

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