My favorite newspaper published an article recently about the use of the phrase "hurting the feelings of the Chinese people" and its various forms in the Chinese press. While the phrase and the article were locked in relentless competition over which is more useless, my attention was drawn to something entirely tangential: a reference to the US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999.
February 8, 2016
Happy Accidents: US Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade
My favorite newspaper published an article recently about the use of the phrase "hurting the feelings of the Chinese people" and its various forms in the Chinese press. While the phrase and the article were locked in relentless competition over which is more useless, my attention was drawn to something entirely tangential: a reference to the US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999.
January 2, 2016
WTF Comparison of the Day:
India vs China in Innovation
India vs China in Innovation
Patents filed by China in 2013: 704,936
Patents filed by India from 1960 to 2013: 129,529
Yes - The number of patent filings by China in 2013 is more than the filings by India from 1960 to 2013!
The number of filed patents is perhaps the best metric to capture a country's innovation index. Thus, while China has decided to surge ahead, India has decided to surge behind.
Narendra Modi, the globetrotting Indian Prime Minister, whose party received an overwhelming victory in the recent elections, thinks that genetic science existed in ancient India. Many of his countrymen and women truly believe him.
Look Ma, No Democracy!
India is widely considered an innovation hub - a better center of innovation than even the US and China. Criticisms of Chinese successes - which is actually jealousy in disguise - is focused almost solely on the government and its 'authoritative' rule.
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