Read the news today from OSnews that Apple official terminates its Xserve production line from this year. It is not sad news actually, but think about 6 years Apple invited to join its Asia team to sell Xserve in China/Asia and lucky I did not take the offer due to the concerns on its future. LOL.
原文在天涯，在这里转载的。
第一，交易原则不同：一个是强买强卖，不卖也得卖；另一个是自由买卖，也就是愿卖愿买。
我们中國实行的是强制结汇制度，只有官家才有权利拥有外汇（外币）。你很能干，是创汇大户，一年赚100亿美元。但在中國你无权处置你自己赚来的外汇，你只能按6.8元人民币一美的价格卖给官家。官家呢，就开印680亿元花花纸钞给你。你问，现在美元的俏得很啊，有人愿意出7.2元的单价买我的美元，那我卖给你7元人民币一美行不？不行，6块8就是6块8，什么时候我定7块的时候，自然会给你7块的；你再问，那我不卖了行不？明年我还要用美元去进口原料呢。官家怒道：不行，你明年要用美元，你再到我这里来买，我6.9人民币一美卖给你。你不解了：为什么我卖给你是6块8一美，你卖给我就是6块9一美，我楞是折腾了两次，还亏了一毛一美，我何苦啊！呜呜呜呜！！官家拍拍你的肩膀说：哭也没用，这是法律规定。可想，近两万亿美元的外汇储备粒粒皆血汗啊！
From somewhere I can not recall, but it shows the truth about Chinese.
The sports China excels in, ping pong, badminton, diving, weightlifting, etc., are all sports that are focused on a repetitive motion. Practicing the same motions 1,000 times a day, day in day out will perfect your skills and lead to success.
Soccer doesn’t work that way, it isn’t possible to “teach” the game in the same way. Players need to be creative, anticipating not only what the opponent will do but what their teammates will do, and everyone needs to work together as a team, not just 11 individuals. In China, more often than not, the team’s play a rigid form of soccer, lacking the creativity and the flair you see elsewhere in the world, and when players display that flair, it often fails because teammates don’t expect it.
Young Chinese talent needs to go overseas to train and play against other people, to build up that mental database of different ways to play and different systems.
Harvard Business Review is one of the best magazine for management. I have read through the Jun issue. Below are excerpt I like. In following weeks, I will try to read more previous issues.
A company that is planning a product launch should as k not only “How can we capture customers’ attentio n and whet their appetites so as to maximize product sales?” but aLso “How can we genuinely improve things for the customer through a better-pla nned launch?” The answer to the first quest ion is to generate myst ique. The answer to the second is to reach as many customers as poss ible at launch and ensure sufficient supply so that there are no stock outs and customers ca n get the product without hardship.
This is a wonderful piece of documentary produced by a westerner. Important for all, especially people of Asia to know the real history of Tibet/China . Sad to say even our western media ( newspaper, CNA ) still churns out Western propaganda and distorted truths on this subject. Seems like the “colonial mentality” still exists among many in western society.
作者魏思新是长期旅居西方的人类文化研究者
北京奥运前中国急需新西藏策略
如果一个人给另外一个人挖了一个陷阱，一个人中计掉了进去，这叫“中计”；如果一个人掉进了别人的陷阱，第二次在同样的地方再掉进这个陷阱，我们说这个人 很笨；如果一个人两次同时掉进一个陷阱，还知道反省总结的话，我们至多说这个人很笨，但是善于总结教训；但是一个人 如果连续二十次掉进别人挖的同一个陷阱，我们就必须要研究为什么了。
枪手就是替大户和机构卖命的写手，中国遍地都是，新加坡也不例外。Next Insight 就是这样的。刚刚认识这个网站还认为不错，有不少的分析，可是又来发现她的作者报道的股票经常出事。
我曾经在看了Next Insight的分析后买过China SSine，结果第二天就狂跌15%。最近在追踪China XLX，行情不好没有动，Next Insight本周刚刚报道推荐过，结果周四和周五一共跌了30%以上。彻底的枪手站，要反向操作。
这是希腊人为纪念与波斯之间的温泉关战役（公元前４８０年），矗立在希腊德摩比勤隘口（俗称温泉关）的狮子形纪念碑上的铭文。２４００多年来，英勇牺牲的斯巴达勇士博得了无数人的敬仰。今年３月上旬，根据漫画家弗兰克·米勒同名作品改编的电影《三百壮士》在美国上映，温泉关战役的史诗性场面得以再现，３天的票房收入高达７０００万美元。就在北美观众对该片大加追捧之际，古波斯人的后裔伊朗人却举国抗议，将该片列为禁片。伊朗总统内贾德也指责该片丑化古波斯文明。一部好莱坞大片让一国元首为之动怒，这里面有什么秘密呢？还是让我们回到古战场去看个真切吧。
From: wenxuecity
最近,把PoorKids转的美元泡沫论又看了一遍. 里面说的很有些道理. 例如: “经济学其实本来是一个简单明了，依靠Ｃｏｍｍｏｎ Ｓｅｎｓｅ就可以进行分析和推理的学科，但如今的“经济学家”们，特别是“股票外汇理财投资专家”们却专门擅长于把非常简单的东西说成是非常复杂的，以达到把水搅混，混水摸鱼的目的，以至于本来用７０％的加减法加上２５％的乘除法外带５％的积分微分就能说清楚的事情被搅得乌烟瘴气一塌糊涂，把不明就里的普通人蒙得一楞一楞的.”
From: 无知的博客
Everyone MUST read ! Too many cheaters in China, just be very careful to unknown people on the street.