finally…Yao Ming’s “NBA Cares” spot is released.
Mirror
http://www.zshare.net/download/12225578b7c485b0/
more pics from…
some pics
Donation to Sichuan
对于海外华人以及外国朋友想给四川地震捐款
For those who are in a foreign country and want to donate to people in Sichuan,
我觉得走HK Red Cross是最好的
I think the best way to do it is to make donations to HK Red Cross
捐款页(Online Donation Page)
他们有英文网站/可以收取外币信用卡/而且有收据可以用来做”Company Match”
They have an English/Chinese Website, accept credit cards in foreign currencies and you can use the receipt to do “Company Match”
最后就是捐款到达灾区的速度应该比其他组织要快
And the money will reach the people in need sooner than other foundations.
多谢!
Thank you!
China in americans’ eyes
自从3月底以来的米国(海外)媒体China bashing和ZD的群魔乱舞
我一直在想到底在米国(海外)媒体里面有没有一些对中国有一定了解且能保持中立客观的人?
中国在这样的人眼里是什么样的呢?
下面就不定时的推荐一些这样的人/文章
Pomfret’s China: A Foreign Devil’s Take on the Middle Kingdom
其实在以前就推荐过
作者John Pomfret开始在Washington Post网站写这个blog就是因为4月初的海外火炬接力以及随之发生的一些列事件
首先介绍一下作者吧
Pomfret在88年的时候被AP(美联社)派到北京(主要因为他可以讲中文)
89年的“8×8″他当时就在学生们的中间做报道
随后被Z-F赶出天朝因为…(很明显的原因-_-)
之后他一直在海外为美国几个大媒体当记者
后来他又回到中国(也出了本书讲他在中国的经历:Chinese Lesson)
总体来讲Pomfret的经历让我认为他对中国有足够的了解
下一个问题就是他能不能够客观的(或者说厚不厚道)讲他知道的关于中国的故事?
开始我不是很肯定
主要因为他在blog文章里面的一些观点我不同意(当然也许是”良言逆耳”)
后来无意中发现了两个John Pomfret的采访
其中有一段让我有些吃惊
采访者问他:”关于89中国,现在回想起来,你当时有没有什么失实的报道,或者说现在对一些事情的看法和当时不同了”
Pomfret的回答是:“我当时的确有些错误的报道…总的来说,我对那场运动的看法不是公正客观的…我当时坚信那是个民–主$运%动…他们(学生组织)并没有像他们说的那样在做决定的时候投票…因为我相信他们所作的从大体上讲是对的…我愿意忽略他们的一些不足之处…是的,我当时处理事情的时候不是完全客观公正的…我当时(被现场的氛围)同化了…”
自从看了这段采访
我就变成了一个Pomfret fan
在网上搜了别的关于他的采访
从图书馆找到他的书
只要blog有更新就会第一时间细看(有时候发现他可以把我想说却不知道如何表达的观点说的很有条理)
然后就是现在不停的向别人强烈推荐他的文章和他这个人
另
这篇文章写了一半就在draft里待了2个礼拜
今天看到Pomfret关于地震的文章
发现很多pro china的中国同志在那里骂街
感觉好像很多同志没有理解Pomfret文章里的意思就晚起袖子开骂
再另
一直没有发关于地震的贴
老实讲不知道该怎么发
该说的大家都知道
这里就说现在没有可以准确预测地震的model
有100个人每人做10个地震预测很有可能会有人猜对(就好像说米国某个小镇近100年来总统选举的结果和最后全国的结果相同,稍微懂点概率的都知道这没什么稀奇的)
最后就是在恶劣的天气里往山区跳伞就是自杀
当兵的也是人
也是别人的孩子
每次有大灾难都是子弟兵力挽狂澜
有时候我们想当然的认为这就是他们职责-_-
向灾区空投先头部队致敬
最后的最后
火炬传递不一定非要停
但是应该每次开始前有默哀
PhD Comics…
一直有在关注PhD Comics
最近又扫了扫以前的存档
很有意思(或者说有点sad啊…)





THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE…
很喜欢这个系列的NBA广告
但是没想到最新一期的TIME居然用了这么一个封面
有点寒
4-19 Paris LA
其实也是刚刚才想起来今天是LA和Paris“支持奥运, 抵制CNN”的海外华人集会
赶紧上网看了看消息
总体感觉很好
很多标语强调“理性爱国”
这个在我看来是很重要的一点
希望纽约地区的五四集会可以有时间参加
最后贴张台湾mm在巴黎参加活动
有些人觉得青天白日旗碍眼
我倒觉得这种场合下可以接受
看到一个网友说
将来统一了后要使用一个国旗
我们大陆吃点亏
只保留五星那部分
剩下的部分都用青天白日旗的
hehe
洛杉矶活动的一些照片
巴黎活动的一些照片 Thanks to Vincent@CCF
另
最近还有看到国内抵制家乐福的活动
好像搞得很风风火火
而且连大卡车都动用了堵在某些分店门口
我觉得有些不解
首先家乐福里面的东西95%都是中国造吧?
假设家乐福销量减少
会不会影响到中国的供货商?
会不会影响到给供货商供货的农民/工人同志们?
其次国内的气氛有些过于火热
已经听说有砸的
会不会被少数人利用然后演变成“打砸抢”?
这样海外媒体可就过年了
再另
王¥1000 mm最近大火
连NY Times的头版都上了
而且接受各大西方媒体采访
俨然成为一代媒体宠儿
国内“肉搜”全力出击
找出家里地址
居然有人说去家门口扣了屎盆
这有点过了
王mm也21岁了
不应该因为她的行为而牵扯家人
还是那句话
理性爱国
Zhengyou?
Zhengyou(诤友)
老实讲我本已经忘了这个词是什么意思
知道看到澳大利亚总理Kevin Rudd上周三在北大的演讲
这个会讲中文的老外用一种崭新的手法来评论(或者说批评)中国的一些政体问题
他没有像一般的无知西方媒体一样上来就列举中国的种种不是
而是从鲁迅开始讲“言论自由”
从魏征开始讲“ 诤友 ”
在炫耀了一番他的中国历史知识后
他回到了”the concept of harmony”(和谐)
顺便又提了一把” 百日维新 “及其领导者 康有为
最后又以” 诤友 “来结束
老实讲我以前没听说过这个Rudd(米国新闻台除了伊拉克以外一般没有国际新闻)
但是看了这一篇讲演后他立刻成为my favorite foreign leader
这才是我们所需要的朋(诤)友
I am a Buddhist myself, and respect people’s rights to protest, but on this particular issue, I think the “free” media in the west present a much distorted picture of what’s really happening in Chinese Tibet. They keep talking about Chinese government’s crack-down of “peaceful protests”. They make it sound as if the Chinese government is the “bad guy” and that the Dalai Lama people are some kind of angels who “bring peace” to the world. But wait a minute, who’s killing whom in Tibet? The “Tibetan protestors” are the ones that are destroying shops, burning cars, and killing innocent Chinese people who are just trying to make a living. If they are peaceful protestors, fine, it’s their right. But they are anything but peaceful, they are violent rioters. What about the people that were killed or injured during those riots, don’t they deserve some kind of respect? How come no one in the west is criticizing the rioters?
It is one thing for Tibetans to protest, it is another thing for westerners to join them. Most westerners can’t even tell the difference between an ethnic Han Chinese and an ethnic Tibetan Chinese. But they hear words like “human rights” and “religious freedom”, exactly what they mean or how subtle the issues are, they don’t have a clue. This allows the few separatists in Tibet to sugar-coat themselves with these keywords, because they know that they will get westerners’ attention this way. They are taking advantage of the stereotype in the west that all people under a communist country must somehow suffer. When in fact, China today is anything but a communist country, and the vast majority of the people are much much much better off.
Another misconception is that if somehow China grants Tibet independence then there will be true democracy and prosperity in Tibet. Let’s face it, Tibet is probably one of the most isolated places on earth, and if it wasn’t because of the Chinese, Tibet would be hundreds of years behind the rest of the world in terms of industrialization and modernization. Do you really believe that in a place as poor and backward as Tibet, there would be “true democracy”? Wouldn’t it be more likely that Tibet will fall into the hands of a few “Buddhist fundamentalists”, and maybe even become the next Afghanistan?
Moreover, people in the US like to compare China’s Tibet to US’s Iraq, or Soviet’s Afghanistan. It’s not really an appropriate analogy, because Iraq and Afghanistan are sovereign countries, but Tibet, whether people like it or not, is part of China. In fact a better analogy would be:Tibet is to China
Texas is to USA majority of the Tibetans are now much better off than they were before. China has spent hundreds of millions of dollars building schools, hospitals, transportations in Tibet. The vast majority of Tibetans now have access to running water, education, something that they could never have dreamed of before the revolution, when they had a feudalist slavery society.
China has come a long way. Remember, China used to be called the “sick man of Asia”, but now it’s hosting the Olympics. Obviously, China still has a lot of problems, and is still learning the ropes. The international community should help and encourage China, not boycott it. Having the Olympics in China sheds light on a lot of China’s problems. I genuinely hope and am confident that China will emerge as a better country after the games, so let’s give China a chance.
Finally, I just want to say to all the athletes, American, Chinese, Russian, etc, that you are innocent, and wish all of you the best of luck at the Olympics.Peace
— Posted by Charles Harris
NBA是个非常会marketing的组织
每年都会搞出一系列非常好的commercials
今年playoff的广告系列是: There Can Only Be One
非常不错(今年常规赛的”Where Amazing Happens”系列也很值得推荐啊)
另
另一个很会拍广告的是Air Jordan
很煽情
以前贴过一些
Album #1 (Megaupload, 294MB) by asite
Album #3 (google picasa) by tuling
Album #4 (google picasa) by nuskfc
Album #6 (google picasa) by QUINN
Album #7 (google picasa) by foxwolf
and an article from WSJ
another article by Helen Zia 謝漢蘭
who was one of the torch bearers in San Fran yesterday
her interviews videos (视频) #1, #2
“老人力战脏毒” 视频
这就是昨天贴的那个照片里面的老人