Time Magazine and Beef Noodle

I am a long time subscriber of Time Magazine. I like its depth of coverage on various national and international issues. But, I was really disappointed when it started reporting Olympics torch relay since beginning of the year. It started with Simon Elegant's article "China's Olympic Shame?", which was like…

Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony

Inspired by the past, longing for the future. --- China Daily No word can describe such a magnificant event. Although not all chapters are equally astonishing, overall, this is an unprecedented and unmatchable live performance. Married with Chinese traditional cultures, modern lighting and electronic techniques and Yimou Zhang's signature bold…

Chess-boxing

First learnt the sport called "chess-boxing" from 7/21's Time Magazion. The opponents plays alternating rounds between 3-min. boxing and 4-min. of speed chess, until knockout or checkmate. As the official website puts it, it is the combination of #1 thinking game and #1 fighting game, (IMHO, chess is not the…