Some Smoggy City, CHINA – While Americans bicker over economic policies and try to disagree on the best way to guide the nation toward prosperity, it seems the object of Adam Smith’s over-referenced phrase has floated across the Pacific to get itself dirty (quite literally) in a different kind of muck. Skeptics will no doubt [...]
Mar 05, 2011 | Categories: China, NEWS FLASH | Tags: capitalism, communism, consumerism, economics, economy, fake news, free market, invisibility, invisible hand, Pollution, smog, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 2.02 Finally, America’s own version of the Chinese fire drill is over. Close the doors. Time to move on. But in the wake of so many changes, as the anxiety and rage of all sides subsides, it is natural to wonder: what is America? What kind of a place [...]
Nov 05, 2010 | Categories: America, China, Jinhua, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: 2010 elections, american dream, consumerism, Dreams, mobile camper, Progress, RVs, Shopping, Wal-Mart | 1 Comment »
Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily episode 31 Before you start accusing us of focusing on the poor, fading laundry as part of our own Antonioni scheme to sabotage the world’s image of an entire nation, let us be clear: we are more interested in the one small bright square so carefully preserved like some tiny peep [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily | Tags: Antonioni, beverages, cement, chai, Cina, consumerism, corn juice, corny, destruction, development, drinks, Expat, laundry, Progress, social commentary, tea, the future, Travel | 3 Comments »
Part One: The Patrons A Chinese museum is a fascinating place. Not because of the exhibitions of history. No, in a country with a heritage longer than that of Jesus the ubiquitousness of artifacts is less impressive than expected. Nowadays, with a proliferation of middle class Chinese people embracing all forms of consumerism, even intellectual, [...]
Feb 14, 2010 | Categories: China, This Ridiculous World Guide | Tags: chinese people, consumerism, crowds, history, museum, social commentary, Tourism | 2 Comments »
ENVISION THE FUTURE! Behold! The future of warfare! As sleek as a fighter jet, as mobile as a Humvee, and just as necessary for the protection of Freedom and Democracy worldwide! Having discovered the indubitable link between poverty and thrift and the proliferation of senseless dreams, the Department of National Dream Control has revealed a [...]
May 26, 2009 | Categories: America, China, War on Dreams | Tags: consumerism, Dreams, Humor, IKEA, proliferation, Shopping, shopping carts, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
Dear Santa (We Know About the Economic MSG), We found this image of you on our camera. We don’t know how or when you did it, but we respectfully request that you refrain from using our recording devices in the future. The fact that you know who has been naughty or nice by no means [...]
Dec 26, 2008 | Categories: China, Letters to Whomever | Tags: cheap chinese crap, christmas, consumerism, economic crisis, economic msg, Humor, made in china, santa claus, social commentary | Leave A Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the week 49 “The power of Dreams! The Happiest Place on Earth. Think outside the bun! Taste the rainbow. Just do it! Be all that you can be. Just for the taste of it! Have it your way. Obey your thirst! I’m lovin’ it. They’re GRRREAT! Melts in your mouth, not [...]
Nov 22, 2008 | Categories: America, China, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: catchphrases, consumerism, economy, ma la tang, money, slogans, social commentary, Soup, winning, yes we can | Leave A Comment »
“Gourds for sale! Gourds for sale!” The man in green Mao gear walks slowly through the crowds, peddling his wares. “Traditional Chinese instrument!”The people, dodging his stick device, eye him queerly. “It’s 2008, chump,” says one particularly smart-ass passerby. The man in green is immune to such jibes, having sold cheap tourist goods for most [...]
Nov 10, 2008 | Categories: China, Fables | Tags: aqua city, capitalism, competition, consumerism, Fables, gourd instrument, mall, mcdonalds, papa johns pizza, social commentary, Starbucks, traditional chinese instruments | Leave A Comment »
That’s right. We reused that photo. As the loud and insightful Mary Poppin’s character put it, “We does what we like and likes what we do.” Chimneychew-roo. The Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Ikea opened at the end of August and has been packed with modern trend and comfort seekers ever since. Customers arriving by a mixture [...]
Oct 15, 2008 | Categories: China, Nanjing, When in China | Tags: chinese capitalism, consumerism, IKEA, Jiangsu, social commentary | 3 Comments »
INVISIBLE HAND OF MARKET FOUND IN CHINA!
Some Smoggy City, CHINA – While Americans bicker over economic policies and try to disagree on the best way to guide the nation toward prosperity, it seems the object of Adam Smith’s over-referenced phrase has floated across the Pacific to get itself dirty (quite literally) in a different kind of muck. Skeptics will no doubt [...]
Mar 05, 2011 | Categories: China, NEWS FLASH | Tags: capitalism, communism, consumerism, economics, economy, fake news, free market, invisibility, invisible hand, Pollution, smog, social commentary | Leave A Comment »