Rambling 'Round
The quiet defiance of the Beijing motorist
Junko Yoshida
8/6/2012 12:43 PM EDT
The rigidity of Chinese government’s control over people’s lives is well documented. Many foreign observers (including myself), however, often naively assume that people in China are equally rigid about complying with government rules.
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Tim W
What has the Chinese government done to limit the vehicular and other pollution at the sources? Do ...
Junko Yoshida
7/19/2012 9:37 AM EDT
When I was at a farm in the Alentejo region of Portugal, I saw little connection between cork and engineering. Wrong. Cork has already taken flight -- from bottle caps to aerospace.
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MartyLevine
Hi Junko! The problem is a diminished lack of respect to tradition. What ever happened to cork ...
Who recovers first? Panasonic, Sony or Sharp?
Junko Yoshida
6/29/2012 8:43 AM EDT
Recent reports from Japan on new CEOs at Japan’s two consumer electronics behemoths – Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. – should make you feel both hopeful and weary at the same time.
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Neo1
Panasonic simply couldn't let go of Plasma technology and spent huge sums on it to maintain the ...
Junko Yoshida
6/28/2012 9:33 AM EDT
When an executive resigns from a company, it is announced in a dry press release in which it says that Mr. XYZ “is leaving the company for personal reasons to spend more time with his family.”
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Frank Eory
Agreed. This was very refreshing, personal and passionate. Best of luck to Mr. Chadha in his next ...
Junko Yoshida
6/27/2012 1:17 PM EDT
Many of my friends, colleagues and readers told me that a flood of comments posted by EE Times community members’ after each of my China stories is more revealing than my reporting.
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InTouch Quality
Chanj - You make an excellent comment and I agree. Having worked in quality control in China for ...
Zzzz…Microsoft 'Surface' tablet for the U.S. market is a yawn
Junko Yoshida
6/20/2012 10:13 AM EDT
As I see a lot of ink spilt in the media over Microsoft’s upcoming tablet dubbed “Surface,” I can’t help but wonder where on earth Microsoft plans to sell this product.
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Duane Benson
I need a fraction of the power of my laptop when I'm on the road. But, I need that fraction to work ...
China's social media:'Warp speed, Mr. Sulu!'
Junko Yoshida
6/17/2012 4:37 PM EDT
The speed of revolution among Chinese Internet social sites is so fast that it makes Google, Yahoo and Amazon look molasses in January on the Siberian border.
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abraxalito
Oh and I forgot another crucial difference - its truly an interactive marketplace. QQ chat is ...
Engineering as a career in China? Not so much
Junko Yoshida
6/10/2012 7:33 PM EDT
Why does a Chinese become an engineer? Enter the world of M. She is my new Chinese friend I met in Shenzhen.
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tthappy
I am also engineer from china in shenzhen. Make a living is first. The CPI here is very high,one ...
Tweeting kanji from a Shanghai balcony, between sweat socks
Junko Yoshida
6/8/2012 2:04 PM EDT
While queuing up for customs at the airport, I quickly learned to play what has now become my favorite sport since I arrived in China: Reading signs in Kanji (Chinese characters) and guess what they mean.
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gasdfnq
Japanese script is traditionly based on Chinese charactor but they developed more based on their ...
Slideshow: Rambus lights up GuitarMania
Junko Yoshida
5/27/2012 6:32 PM EDT
10-foot Fender Stratocaster guitars showed up in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland this Memorial weekend. Among them was a guitar illuminated with LED lights, developed by Rambus engineers.
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rpcy
Rambus, you've convinced me. What the world needs is an electric guitar, the entire face of which is ...