Nov 7th, 2009
Never Give Up!
It took 68-year-old Korean Cha Sa-soon 950 attempts to pass her driving test. She finally got her license yesterday, which she needs for her vegetable selling business. It took her four years and the equivalent of £2,600 (US$4,200), but most of all a truck-load of determination. “I believe you can achieve your goal if you persistently [...]
Aug 3rd, 2008
Pieces of China: Part 2
Chinese Recollections: Writing and Painting The forms of any written Chinese characters are exquisite — on rusty signs, tea packets or even just as graffiti. The hotel elevator takes an age, and I am not yet used to the gentle pace of life. Luckily there are several paintings on each floor to help pass the time [...]
Jul 18th, 2008
Pieces of China: Part 1
Chinese Recollections: Dignity and Poise Across the road from the hotel, beside the rubble of abandoned demolition, sits a tiny cave-like shop selling more things than would seem possible in such a small space. It is immersed in the fumes of traffic and sewage, and thick dust blows up from the potholes when motorcycles bolt past. [...]
Mar 10th, 2008
Meditation Saves Life
It was an ordinary day in Ningbo, China, but an extraordinary miracle took place in a muddy 5-metre ditch. Was it really a miracle, or simply the wise employment of a meditation technique? Maybe a combination of the two. The Times reports: “Wang Jianxin was working at a construction site in the booming city. The job that day [...]
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