| 作者介绍：Raymond Zhou Raymond Zhou is a writer who is hard to define or categorize: He is prolific in English and Chinese; his topics and interests cover many areas,from culture to socia！ issues; he is comfortable with all media platforms,including print, online and television, or government-oriented, market-driven and grassroots; and he explores many genres, from journalistic reporting to commentary essays, to genre-busting experiments in fusing fiction and nonfiction. Above all, Zhou is praised for his ability to cross the boundaries of languages and cultures. Immersed in both Chinese and Western (specially American) cultures, he often deciphers a Chinese controversy from a Western perspective and vice versa. The ease with which he shifts his viewpoint endows him with a rare openness and independence of thinking. Zhou started writing in California's Silicon Valley in the early days of the Internet boom. His focus has shifted from high tech and e-commerce, to business, movies, arts and culture in general, and from social issues to travel and humor. He began to blur the lines of some of these areas in recent years. |
| Foreword by Zhu Ling Chapter One: It's the Economy 1. Don't get carried away with GDP 2. Thou shalt not collude on pricing 3. Can you monopolize song selection？ 4. Pork price swing can be minimized 5. Food safety officials must be on alert 6. Small things make up the big picture 7. Reverse brain drain a sign of the times 8. 'Urban village' an eyesore in growth Chapter Two: It Takes All Kinds 9. Names in stone mark much-deserved appreciation 10. Elevator ladies, checkout clerks and the human touch 11. Don't treat street vendors as the enemy 12. Schlepping for a little respect 13. Birth place no yardstick for place of death 14. News on the move Chapter Three: Inside the Red Compound 15. Oath taken with a pinch of salt 16. Sadly, there is an Ah Q in all of us 17. Slap on the wrist not enough for lying officials 18. 'Shameful' exhibition backfires 19. Unconscious reflections of official mind 20. The 'rats' just keep nibbling Chapter Four: Rebel without a Cause 21. Rebelliousness needs outlets 22. Youth facing dilemma of role models 23. Don't let gaokao seal your fate 24. If it's honest work, what else matters？ 25. In a hugging league of one's own 26. Better teen body image with privacy Chapter Five: In the Wild World of the Web 27. Bloggers' revolution is largely overrated 28. Let's stop lynching by public opinion 29. Cat killers could be given alternatives 30. Starbucks in the Forbidden City 31. Mr. Mayor, a netizen is calling 32. Netizen's arguments do not sit 43. Maid in China 44. Sex sells, but tastefulness still vital 45. Adult humor has its place among mature 46. Hong Kong sex scandal Chapter Eight: Highbrow and Lowbrow 47. Arts events for national holidays 48. Grand National Theater. Can you afford it？ 49. Best comedy knows how to tickle audience 50. Festival gala as tasteless as chicken ribs 51. Too much TV not a good thing 52. Don't parade entertainers as role models 53. Dabbling in real politics 54. Rocker's sad show a lesson to media hounds Chapter Nine: Cherish Our Tradition, Sensibly 55. Appreciate Guoxue as it is 56. Kneeling is a thing of the past 57. Kowtowing not best show of gratitude 58. Is the dragon too fearsome a symbol for China？ 59. Be sincere in preservation of cultural artifacts 60. No need to standardize a saint's look 61. A memorial service, outsourced 62. Yes, Spring Festival is truly golden 63. Chunyun provides a glimpse of China's reality Chapter Ten: Language Matters 64. Hyperbole in advertising 65. Hyperbole in advertising: redux 66. Platitude overload depreciates language 67. Cutting out the waffle in speeches 68. Taking pride in our accents 69. Variety in name not a bad thing 70. Those addresses, they keep changing 71. A learning fad that's truly crazy 72. Make English learning less agonizing Chapter Eleven: When East and West interact Chapter Thirteen: In the Mood for Humor Afterword Acknowledgments |
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