(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) Warren Buffett, who started from scratch to become the world’s richest person in his own life time without a great invention, starting a company, getting a ph.d, ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) 我在过去曾經介绍过我们教授團在清华大学建立了七年的智网中心(CFINS) Introduction to CFINS http://www.sciencenet.cn/blog/user_content.aspx?id=8897 A US. Ph.d vs a Tsin ...
The road to hell is paved with good intentions micro incentive and macro behavior Each year I return to China I learn something new about Chinese academia and her myriad problems from the obvious to the subtle. This visit past summer is no exception. Wh ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) On the US vs. China, the Olympics, and the 2008 US Presidential election A Biblical Seven Years Bottom of Form By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: August ...
Fornew readers and those who request to be “ 好友 good friends”, please read my 公告 栏 first. In this morning’s New York Times, there are two Op-Ed pieces about China by two of my favorite columnists that are well worth reading Sunday New York Times 8/22/08 ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) (More notes added 10/7/08 at the end:) In 1979 when I first returned to China mainland, I had a difficult time explaining the American concept of “privacy” to my Chinese ...
An article by David Brooks of NY Times this morning is well worth reading. Harmony and the Dream By DAVID BROOKS Published: August 11, 2008 The world can be divided in many ways rich and poor, democratic and authoritarian but one of the most striking i ...
(For new reader and those who request 好友请求 , please read my 公告栏 first) (Note added 8/11/08: this morning NY TImes had an article about the feelings of Chinese-Americans which is related to this article below) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/sports/olympics/11 ...