Thursday, September 30, 2010

Those crazy years

Found some pictures of China's cultural revolution








Red, shocking red.
What has changed over the decades?
And what has not changed?
The pictures can tell.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

When a Billion Chinese Jump

An essential and incisive discussion on China today - a country on an environmental precipice that will affect the entire world.

When a Billion Chinese Jump tells the story of China’s – and the world’s – biggest crisis. With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is already suffering an environmental disaster. Now it faces a stark choice: either accept catastrophe, or make radical changes. Traveling the vast country to witness this environmental challenge, Jonathan Watts moves from mountain paradises to industrial wastelands, examining the responses of those at the top of society to the problems and hopes of those below. At heart his book is not a call for panic, but a demonstration that – even with the crisis so severe, and the political scope so limited – the actions of individuals can make a difference. Consistently attentive to human detail, Watts vividly portrays individual lives in a country all too often viewed from outside as a faceless state. No reader of his book – no consumer in the world – can be unaffected by what he presents.

Went to the author book talk. No solution was given. It is not impossible that China's environment will improve. But I don't think our generation will live to see that day.

(Info from NASA)

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Temperature roller coaster

One day it was 30℃, the next day it was 13℃ after the rain. Ai!

And the traffic… Beijing is like a time bomb. Sooner or later it will explode.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

I miss it...

It's AWESOME! Don't even need to PS the pictures.



Saturday, September 4, 2010

Readjusting

Sep 3

3 years anniversary working for SPE.
Boss returned to work after 4.5 months maternity leave.
Every day people talk about housing and children.
Everyone is exhausted.

Sep 4

Went to QS MBA tour.
Bumped into an old colleague AGAIN!
She just left Dow Jones.

Readjusting to life in Beijing.
It’s difficult.
Once in a while I think of Canary Wharf,
my last stop in London before heading back home.
Do the bankers worry about the mundane?