All Posts Tagged With: "Asia"
So You Think Your Commute Sucks?
Think your commute sucks? It’s not quite as bad as this Bangladeshi potter’s ride to the office.
11Mar2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
China’s Freakshow Haicang Zoo
At China’s Haicang Zoo, animals are treated like circus acts, and tourists flock to see spectacles such as lion-human wrestling and big cats riding horses.
9Mar2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
Wrap that Rascal! Asia’s Cellphone Condoms
Travel anywhere in Asia, and one thing will become immediately clear: it’s the cellphone capital of the world.
In Beijing or Tokyo, practically everyone is carrying. And not just the candaybar and flip phones familiar to most Americans: Asia is the home of the hottest and most expensive smartphones on the planet. Millions of them.
So perhaps [...]
