Bill Gates and Warren Buffet stirred up a media storm when they, along with several other notable US billionaires, pledged to donate at least half of their fortunes to charity. In September, the duo will come and ask China’s wealthy to do the same, but can the billionaires bank on Chinese benevolence? Considering the pace …
Author: Justin Calderón
Justin Calderón is the founder of Mint Position, an SEO-focused content marketing agency that produces and ranks web content using journalistic-quality research. He is also a veteran journalist, and his byline has appeared in the BBC, CNN, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, GlobalPost, the Bangkok Post and more. Justin speaks Mandarin and Spanish.
A Digital Path to Enlightenment
The following piece was originally published with Global Times under Chris Russell and is reposted here for archiving purposes. --- The ChinaJoy Expo, an annual video game exhibition known for legions of animatedly dressed women, is normally a haven for gaming/comic enthusiasts, but it recently welcomed a much different crowd – an order of Buddhist …
Silver Rain
According to Sioux legend, a man once relieved the Native Americans of the North American prairies from a lingering drought by inducing rain with a dance --- he was called the rainmaker. Today, in Northern China’s Shaanxi Province, you’ll find little rain dancing here. Instead, the rhythm created by rainmakers of this province is to the beat of …
Running a Red at your own Risk
Like a traffic light, the three-color coded health inspection notifications posted in Shanghai’s eateries direct diners when to go in and when to stop at the door. For tourists, these boards help to quickly settle the question of, “Do you think it’s safe to eat here?” For locals, this question isn’t answered by public notifications. On this …
Curiosity Crazed the Foreigner
In the kitchen doorway of a Harbin dumpling restaurant, a shy-eyed waitress gives me a flickering glance, steadily taking more strident pauses in my direction. Our eyes connect for one, two, three seconds --- more, before the inquiring grin of a pupil grows to fill her expressionless face. Laowai, or foreigners, in Shanghai tend to …
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