http://www.gortervschina.com A Dutchman faces the Dragon Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:08:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The man next to me flips patiently and attentively through a classic multi-tentacle penetration manga magazine, while sitting right next to me. I am waiting for him to show me a particular good alien-schoolgirl combination, but unfortunately he lets me make up my own mind as I look over ... http://www.gortervschina.com/2008/10/11/the-last-train-to-kowloon/ No need to point out that he Chinese are still destroying the environment relentlessly, and most Chinese cities make Los Angeles seem like Switzerland in terms of air pollution (Capital cities have twice its rate of air pollution). The world may be surprised that that Beijing is keeping its anti-pollution ... http://www.gortervschina.com/2008/10/11/the-hand-that-giveth-is-the-hand-that-takes/ The nerds own the future... we all knew that, I suppose. It was during the IT boom that this became fully apparent. All magazines wrote a bit about it and then this just became readily acknowledged. Quarterbacks become truck drivers - nerds millionaires... something like that. But I had not yet ... http://www.gortervschina.com/2008/08/26/white-guys-in-china/ Forget about facing the Dragon... nothing is quite as hard as mastering blogwriting. Today I bite the bullet... And how else could I start but with the Olympics. Coming from the Netherlands I am not without experience when it comes to mass hysteria related to sports events. In China the words "mass ... http://www.gortervschina.com/2008/08/15/all-is-one-and-one-is-all/