I usually take all the news I see on CNN with a grain of salt (don’t feel bad, CNN- I take all the news I see anywhere with a grain of salt, it’s all a mass media conspiracy to keep us dumb, you know) but this multi-media look at China’s Silk Road is pretty cool. And, well, pretty. Silk Road! [...]

Air travel is never pleasant – not in my opinion anyway. I hate being sealed into a gigantic, claustrophobia-inducing  metal freight car and then hurled thousands of miles above ground level only to deal with hours of helpess anxiety and bad food (which is no longer included in the ticket, and must now be paid for separately thankyouverymuch). Now one [...]

…and by you I mean the gaijin contingent of our readership. Which is most of you, I presume. Most of the stuff we publish here probably isn’t news to the Japanese (is there some lonely otaku out there running ‘Gaijin Menace‘? I wonder…). Anyway, if you’re planning a trip to Japan, you might want to steer clear of any quaint [...]

If you are going to the Olympics (you lucky bastard!) or if you just plan to visit Beijing anytime soon, the ever-helpful BBC has gone and made a guide for stupid tourists so they don’t get too lost. Our British friends have made a list of the best places to buy food, eat out, get plastered, and provide useful advice [...]