You remember that whole debate over Amy Chua's "Tiger Mom" book, when folks in the West were wondering whether their kids were losing their competitive edge to academic grinds from Asia? One aspect of the so-called Asian approach, we were told, is to de-emphasize physical education. Whether that has any basis in fact is debatable, […]

After so many recent high-profile environmental protests in China, it appears that the government is looking for a systematic way to avoid these "mass incidents." The solution? Better vetting of projects at the local level. From the Associated Press: The Chinese government will require that future industrial projects include assessments of their risk to social […]