Scientists from NASA and Pennsylvania State University recently published a scenario analysis which investigates the potential implications of contact with ETIs (extraterrestrial intelligence) and ultimately suggests that alien-human interaction would be harmful to earthly beings, even if the ETI civilization held universalist ethics. The scientists reason that, given we have already altered our environment in [...]

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Commentary air quality, aliens, Beijing, china, ETIs, global warming, nationalism, pollution

Those of you who have been following the show in Washington this month may now be glued to your sofas in a horrified stupor, unable to process the egocentric madness in Congress that could spark yet another global economic crisis. Or, perhaps you’re just severely ticked off that your stocks are tanking. Across the pond [...]

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Commentary Beijing, Debt Debates, humanity, psychoanalysis, psychohistory, Washington

I’ve been fixated on this wheat paste stencil from Beijing’s Xinjiekou Nandajie, originally posted at NeochaEDGE (artist as of yet unknown) which to me captured recent sentiments on a shifting US-China relationship rather perfectly…. without all the punditry. What do you think? Be sure to jump over to the excellent bilingual website, edge.neocha.com for more. [...]

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Commentary art, Beijing, graffiti, NeochaEDGE, political, stencil, US-China relations

If you’ve been following developments in the automotive industry and are in the Beijing area, I definitely recommend attending this lecture. My interview with automotive industry expert, Bill Russo About the Speakers Bill Russo is the Founder and President of Synergistics Ltd. In his role as the first VP of North East Asia automotive operations [...]

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Commentary automotive industry, Beijing, Bill Russo, china, Eduardo Morcillo, lecture

Sex is sometimes complicated these days, particularly when it involves China, HIV, UNAIDS, large sums of money, and these things called GONGOS (translation: Government Organized Non-Governmental Organizations). As previously mentioned, I have been researching China’s sex work industry in relationship to AIDS for the past two years and I must admit that it never gets boring.  Ever.  [...]

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Commentary AIDS, Beijing, HIV, sex work, U.N., UNAIDS, websites