The beginning of the end for Dear Leader? This Times (of London) report is filled with telling details.
posted on Feb 1, 2005 - View this thread

Human Pacman in the streets of Singapore. I like the future. via
posted on Nov 19, 2004 - View this thread

Singapore is trying to duplicate its IT success in Biotech (billions of dollars in predictive economics, a masterstroke -- or perhaps a mistake -- for the leaders of the Simcity-run island). Good for the huge numbers of foreigners lured with research money and benefits, but what about their kids?
posted on Aug 8, 2004 - View this thread

"All he has left now to remember the grandson he once carried on his back is a stack of workbooks -- trigonometry, politics, history. Mr. Zheng does not recognize enough Chinese characters to read them. But he keeps the books as memorials." The best human interest story of the year, and a look into the lives of China's rural poor.
posted on Aug 1, 2004 - View this thread