http://asiapundit.com Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:01:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AsiaPundit will return in the near future in a new and improved format -- with new contributors. Thanks for visiting. http://asiapundit.com/2007/09/05/re-launch-pending/ As a China resident, AsiaPundit takes great care when buying products for his child, generally avoiding foods or toys designed for the local market. While overseas, AP generally trusts that 'Made in China' products do meet a higher level of safety standards. Most of the time... "Just in the ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/06/19/china-toymaker-gives-children-the-evil-eye/ NORTH KOREA - A Chinese tourist eats in North Korea "North Korea is the same as we were before the 1980s; the standards for receiving foreign and domestic guests are completely different. All of their restaurants are state-run, so if we don't eat at a quality restaurant then it's a ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/06/06/links-for-2007-06-06/ Off The Record » “Rubbing-out” services offered via SMS "One of the interesting things about China is the variety of bizarre SMS-spam messages one receives almost every day. . . Recently I’ve been receiving messages that offer to help “rearrange” people for me. This “rearrange” implies a rearranging CHINA - Suing ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/05/30/links-for-2007-05-30/ SINGAPORE - Chewing gum laws in Singapore explained (for you foreigners) " I knew a friend who had a really bright future in engineering, but he was seduced by the lure of the easy money and women offered by the chewing gum trade." CHINA - The Bubble Theorists Have Shanghai Wrong " On ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/05/25/links-for-2007-05-25/ CHINA - When Jerry Yang Talks China, Run for the Doors. "Any other executive with a similar track record would have been reassigned, if not fired, long ago." CHINA - How to write a China article. "You’ve just arrived in your 5-Star room at the Shanghai Hilton and unpacked your fancy new Apple ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/05/23/links-for-2007-05-23/ NORTH KOREA - North Korean roller-coaster "Check out this point-of-view video of a rickety North Korean rollercoaster at Kaeson Youth Funfair, Pyongyang -- a coaster so tame it's practically a soporific." CHINA - Did the "Genocide Olympics" influence China? ""The genocide Olympics" is such a brilliant piece of propaganda. It is as un-subtle ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/05/21/links-for-2007-05-21/ HONG KONG - Hong Kong man fined for linking to porn "This is coming hard on the heels of the appeals trial for the only man in the entire world to receive a jail sentence for posting Bit Torrent seeds." SINGAPORE - Singapore opposition leader discharged from bankruptcy "Veteran Singapore opposition politician JB ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/05/16/links-for-2007-05-16/ CHINA - MySpace China - "Splittists" to Rupert Murdoch: Thanks for the Addy! "The terms of use and privacy agreements seem more or less identical to the English ones, except the Chinese terms of use have added lines about following the State Secrets Law, impugning the "honor and interests" of the ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/04/29/links-for-2007-04-29/ CHINA - CCTV: One of those Cs must stand for 'catty' "Huang Shengyi has a horse face, and big nose. When she smiles, she is fatally attractive." CHINA - Liu Qi on civic responsibility "Security guards wear service caps and stand in the shade, but they allow strangers to come and go: they ... http://asiapundit.com/2007/04/27/links-for-2007-04-27/