I’m in the midst of a deadline blitz. And then some travel. So, rather than press the issue (or, unless something really good comes along), I’m going to pause the blogging (and most of the tweeting) until April 13 (or, as we say around the office: the ‘Scrap will be back). Before I go, though,…
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Weekend Notes: Demolition (and) Baseball (and) guest-blogging
After an unusually acid week on Shanghai Scrap, the staff couldn’t be more anxious for the weekend. And we have plans. First and foremost. If you happen to be in Shanghai at 16:00 on Saturday, and you take even a minor interest in all of those crumbling colonial buildings that dot downtown, then you’d better…
A Partial Defense of Amy Chua, but not her PR agency (and/or strategy).
My initial reaction to Amy Chua’s now-infamous Wall Street Journal piece, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” was to check the author’s bio in search of proof that I hadn’t just read a satire. The accompanying photo of a cross-armed Chua, armed with her duet-ing daughters, placed next to a list of childhood prohibitions (no sleepovers,…
Q&A: Marketplace’s Rob Schmitz on covering China, his new blog, and … Minnesota.
Mid-summer 2010 and I was scheduled to have lunch with Jeff Wasserstrom, academic, author, blogger, and all-around good guy. A few days before we met, Jeff emailed to say that he’d like to bring along Rob Schmitz the (then) new Shanghai correspondent for American Public Media’s Marketplace program (heard on US public radio affiliates). Fine…
The Scrap Toy Maker Up the Street
[Traveling for the next couple of days. May be difficult to reach. So, before I go, a light post on a light topic.] A couple of months ago That’s Shanghai ran a lovely, well-written piece on Zha Peihua, a middle-aged maker of small model bicycles constructed from bits of scrap wire and rubber tubing. According…
The best scrap blogger in the world.
Tonight the staff of Shanghai Scrap is taking a break from writing over-heated posts about wikileaks to pause and appreciate what we now consider the greatest scrap recycling blog of all time: the Good Point Ideas Blog, authored by Robin Ingenthron – founder of the World Reuse Repair and Recycling Association, and owner of Good…
Dreaming in Chinese
Over the years there have been some very fine books written about the experience of moving to China as a young foreigner, and the struggles encountered in trying to learn the language and culture. But I’ve long thought that an equally interesting experience – moving to China as an adult, post-30 foreigner, and struggling with…
End of Expo: Malcolm Moore, Expo Critic, Is Undeterred
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If one were to make a list of the most memorable essays, reviews, and reports written about Expo 2010 [Shanghai World’s Fair], Shanghai Expo: take a stroll down to Axis of Evil square, the cutting review of the event’s opening day by Malcolm Moore, the Daily Telegraph‘s Shanghai correspondent, would have to be placed near…
Interview: Sue Anne Tay on photo blogging, day jobs, and her Shanghai Street Stories
Recently I was asked by a reporter, recently assigned to China, what China blogs I read. In fact, I look at several, and the full list can be found on the blogroll to the lower right. Then he asked me if I have a favorite. That’s a tough question: different blogs fulfill different functions. For…
Wrapping an Expo
It’s hard to believe, but Expo 2010 [Shanghai World’s Fair] has a mere three weeks of life left in it. No surprise, the wrap-ups, the obituaries, and the tributes are beginning to appear (I’m starting work on mine). I’d like to point readers to an early entry, by my new friend Scott Knowles, an Assistant…