Shanghai Scrap
Observations on Asia and the world by Adam Minter, an American writer in Shanghai.
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About that lousy Expo 2010 billboard in Times Square.
Mar 11, 2010 1:56pm
The other afternoon I tweeted an image of a billboard promoting Shanghai’s Expo 2010 in New York’s Times Square. I was surprised (in a not good way) when I came across the sign, and if I hadn’t been completely occupied with my reasons for being in New York, I would...
More on Apple and manufacturing in China.
Mar 11, 2010 12:55pm
Last week I posted on the bizarre spectacle of Apple’s fanboys rallying to the defense of their favorite computer company on the occasion of a negative Daily Telegraph story on Apple’s safety, environmental, and labor record in China. To my surprise, the post generated a significant amount of traffic and...
The Sorry Spectacle of the US Pavilion at Expo 2010. But I still like the Expo, anyway. [UPDATED]
Mar 3, 2010 9:04am
Today Foreign Policy publishes “A Sorry Spectacle,” my history of the regrettable and often bizarre effort to build a USA pavilion for Expo 2010 [a/k/a, the World's Fair] to begin on May 1, in Shanghai. Some of the material has been aired on Shanghai Scrap and elsewhere over the last...
Why are the fanboys rushing to defend Apple’s child labor record?
Mar 1, 2010 9:51pm
[UPDATE: Outside of the Chinese media and the Daily Telegraph, it seems like nobody is particularly interested in covering Apple's child labor record. TechNewsWorld takes a hard look at why, and comes down hard on a compliant, Apple-infatuated media.] Spend any time reading online technology reviews and you’ve inevitably come across...
A few thoughts on handling online corrections, and the NYT’s memory hole.
Feb 26, 2010 7:47am
Over at Bill Bishop’s new Sinocism blog, there’s a very interesting post and discussion about how the New York Times handles corrections to its online edition. The example in question concerns a switch in a China-related headline, from “Beijing Police Beat Artists Protesting Evictions” to “Evicted Artists Protest After Attack...
On money sloshing down the streets, and being misquoted by one of the world’s “premier” newspapers.
Feb 24, 2010 9:55pm
[UPDATE: I've received an email from an IHT editor assuring me that a correction is being prepared for online and print.] [UPDATE 2/26: The digital version of the story mentioned in this post has been corrected. Many thanks to the editors and writer who helped the process along. I appreciate it.] Late...
In the trenches, sorting scrap.
Feb 23, 2010 8:20pm
Sheepishly, I concede that this is the second or third post in which I’ve promised to get back to regular blogging shortly. But, you know, Chinese New Year leads into a new year of work, and now I’m bogged down in a couple of projects that require my fixed attention....
Resumption of Transmissions …
Feb 19, 2010 1:21pm
The Chinese New Year holiday is coming to an end, and so is this blog’s reticence on a range of issues. We should be back to full-strength – or pretty close – early next week. For now, one quick Chinese New Year item that I meant to post before the...
Animal Cruelty and, of course, Carnaval.
Feb 12, 2010 6:18pm
First things first: yesterday Foreign Policy published Rich Dog, Poor Dog, my take on China’s proposed animal cruelty law. In it, I suggest that animal protection is a Chinese-style wedge issue, dividing opponents and supporters by region and socio-economic class (read it here). For the record, I think not enough...
Scrap on the Beach
Feb 7, 2010 3:16pm
The staff of Shanghai Scrap has been traveling for the last week or so – three continents, 15,000 miles, in a week or so, actually – and thus posting has been light to non-existent. But, thankfully, we have found a port to call our own: Guarujá, Brazil. We’ll be spending...
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