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chonglai at 12:55 PM JST - 18th March

This is so atypical of American administration; in trying to solve one problem, creates another. Now they probably have to pool in more time and resources to debate whether or not to give future bailout (hence slowing down the stimulus plan and recovery process from recession) and whether of not…

Posted in In view of what's happening with AIG in the U.S., what is the best way to monitor how taxpayers' money is used in bailing out big companies? at 12:55 PM JST - 18th March
chonglai at 11:12 AM JST - 9th March

Obama says crisis is time of 'great opportunity' as a headline needs correction.

Actually it is his chief of staff who said:"You should never waste a crisis."

prior ...Obama saying "to discover great opportunity in the midst of great crisis.”

Nonetheless, inspiring. Fortune favors the bold.

Posted in Obama says crisis is time of 'great opportunity' at 11:12 AM JST - 9th March
chonglai at 03:14 PM JST - 22nd February

And after the incident in US military-run detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, it is hard to listen to any American human rights preaching coming out of America. So Obama did the sensible act of closing it down, and Clinton is doing the next sensible act of raising the human…

Posted in Activists shocked at Clinton's stance on human rights in China at 03:14 PM JST - 22nd February
chonglai at 11:24 AM JST - 23rd January

And after the incident in US military-run detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, we (the Outsiders of America) find it hard to listen to any American news, or human rights preaching coming out of America. Smart move in closing the iconic Gitmo, as for now the outsiders have to take…

Posted in Obama moves to reshape U.S. policy by closing Gitmo at 11:24 AM JST - 23rd January
chonglai at 04:10 PM JST - 13th December

There will always be thieves no matter how one deal with copyright issue. Even in the ad industries, you see big-shot Creative Directors ripping ideas off from unknown creatives and claiming as their own. Submit to a competitive sites with your original ideas, and within the next few months, you…

Posted in Creative industries get ready for an offensive in copyright war at 04:10 PM JST - 13th December
chonglai at 04:06 PM JST - 13th December

Don't expect workers' corporate loyalty when they are relegated to figures that are required to be retrenched during crunch time. Don't expect stayers in the coming markets and expect more job hoppers in the coming new economy. Anticipate a hyper fluid, flexible and cruel job market with everyone for oneself.

Posted in The dark side of the change in the labor market is becoming pretty clear. The safety net has always been weak because the idea was that companies would take care of their workers. That’s no longer happening. at 04:06 PM JST - 13th December
chonglai at 08:06 PM JST - 8th December

Recombinant culture does not work everywhere. And should not.

Posted in KitKat Oshiruko flavor at 08:06 PM JST - 8th December
chonglai at 07:15 PM JST - 8th December

The validity of the essay would have been undermined by the author friendship with its organizer, if the author accepts the prize money. It would severely hurt the essay's premise of justifying Japan wartime aggression on thinner ice. Meantime, the Japan government is adopting a avoidance strategy to let time…

Posted in Tamogami to decline Y3 mil prize money for controversial essay at 07:15 PM JST - 8th December
chonglai at 01:29 PM JST - 24th November

Sorry! Not really comfortable with the definition of lumping "terrorism" into a single blanket term under antiterrorism. It is a convenient truth for all politician to create a hostile other. It is a bogeyman if political guerrillas with different agenda as to ending democracy and capitalism. Think about it.

Posted in DPJ may submit own economic package to extended Diet session: Ozawa at 01:29 PM JST - 24th November
chonglai at 01:23 PM JST - 24th November

When beauty is objectified, it can becomes a commodity. And when beauty is imposed on a kid by an adult, it is a breach of autonomy. But who am i, living and floating in a superficial world consumed and monopolized by the definition of beauty, by the ethnocentric west, the…

Posted in Cosmetic surgery for children becoming commonplace at 01:23 PM JST - 24th November