Opinion
Lowdown on Shanghai: Hot town, Summer’s in the city!
The furnace season is here, along with the blessed Plum Rains, which this year have killed hundreds with unprecedented flooding and heavenly…
Opinion
Strait-Talk
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Opinion
The Ox Year: From Under the Bund
The New Year of the Ox was heralded in Shanghai by silent shuttered shops and six days and nights of fireworks, often…
Opinion
Low on the Hai: Shanghai the lucky city
Low on the Hai: Shanghai the lucky city – you’d better believe it… One of the massive construction projects for the Shanghai…
Opinion
The Meltdown of English Teaching in Taiwan
It’s not just the economy; Taiwanese have money. They are among the best savers in the world, and have invested, thrown money…
Travel
The Rise of The Bushiban in Taiwan
Originally published in The China Post, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008; this is the exclusive online publication for The Wild East. In 2007,…
Travel
'Taiwan deserves to be discovered': French promoter
Abridged version of this article published in The China Post Jan. 11, 2009 Cedric Alviani’s title is general director of the non-profit…
Opinion
Lowdown on Shanghai: Installment 5
Low on the Hai 5. By Jonathan Chandler Exclusive for The Wild East After 60 years of communist rule and the scourge…
Opinion
China Warns Web Media and Bloggers: Beijing is watching.
Cartoon by Nicholson from “The Australian” newspaper: www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au China’s foreign ministry warned Tuesday December 16 that websites referring to Taiwan and China…
Politics
State of the Strait, 08: Beijing-Taipei Dialogues
As 2008 draws to a close it’s worth looking at the results of the first nine months of the Chinese Nationalist Party…
Opinion
Taiwan Military Walks a Fine Line
This week, the Taiwan military looks like a pawn in the chess game of global geo-military politics. The September 22-26 Han Kuang…
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Deadly Chinese Business Practices a Warning for Joint Ventures
Picture: AFP As of 16 September, 2008, over 1250 babies have fallen ill and 2 have died after drinking milk formula laced…
Opinion
Face and Fakery in the Wild East and West
“Westerners are not immune to the effects of surface appearances and fakery. One rarely sees an unattractive news reader on TV nor…