Fake News catches us all out from time to time...even me, if you can believe that.
From Russia With Love, In China With Pain
Shanghai SIPG manager, Andre Villas-Boas, is having de-ja-vu after China announced new rules limiting the number of foreign players allowed per team.
Diego may Costa lotta Chinese money, but where exactly is he going?
Diego Costa could be the latest football superstar to accept a lucrative contract to move to the Chinese Super League, but the news reports aren't telling the whole story...literally.
Chinese Humor in the Face of Crazy Weather
Shanghai can't decide if it should be winter or not...which gave me the time to write up this short post about an image going around Chinese social media in recent weeks making light of our unpredictable weather.
12 Things You Should Know About Alipay’s 12.12 ‘Shopping Holiday’
It's yet another gigantic Chinese shopping festival - 12.12. It's the third year in total but only the second year since it 'went big' - we look back at 12 of the most notable things about last year's epic success for Alipay and their retail partners.
Starbucks China Finally Agrees to Accept WeChat as Payment - The War is Over!
Coffee lovers and mobile payments enthusiasts were caught off-balance on December 8th as Starbucks China reversed their exclusive acceptance of Apple Pay, by announcing the immediate implementation of WeChat Wallet payments nationwide. While this is a great victory for WeChat's parent company, Tencent, it could be the end of the road for Apple Pay in China.
Notes for Ever and Never
Evernote's pricing changes have pushed more people than ever before whether or not they want to stick with the service. With so many free note-taking apps available, will this prove to be a huge mistake on the company's part?
Westworld Makes Me Remember That I Don't Want to Remember
I go super-meta and write a blog about a radio show about a podcast about a TV show. Along the way, I talk Westworld fan theories, YouTube fan channels, and how the whole thing made me remember an episode of Black Mirror about remembering.
4 of the Most Viral Election Memes Debunked
After a week of finding myself explaining to people that things they were sending me on Facebook were completely untrue, I picked out my four favorite fake election memes to have a casual look at, and make a (not-so) bold prediction about the next one.
What Uber's App Changes in China Mean for You.
Uber users in China now have a new and completely seperate app, while no longer being able to use the main Uber app. What are the changes that this has brought about and how do they affect Uber users in China?
Fools Rush In - Taking a Wider View of the Current Russo-Turkish Dispute
While the most recent dispute between Russia and Turkey might seem to be all about the shooting down of a Russian jet near Turkish airspace, the actual roots of their rivalry go much deeper, and show us that we ignore history at our peril.