One of the major role in the HYSIS Hoax 汉芯, or HYSIS Scam, Yan Xiaoqun 严晓浪 was further questioned on his ethics as the 863 project manager. This time it is related to an old high profile Chinese commercial spy case.
Zhong Ming and Ye Fei are both Chinese Americans. They were arrested by FBI in the San Francisco Airport before boarding to China in Nov 23, 2001. They were charged for commercial espionage. The buyer is a Hangzhou based company named Supervision Inc. At the time, Supervision was actively applying for 863 grant, which is managed by Yan himself. Supervision denied any relation to Zhong and Ye. However, it was uncovered that both Zhong and Ye were on the five person board of directors, which is chaired by Yan Xiaolang. Ye Fei and Zhong Ming were indicted for conspiracy to take trade secrets from four Silicon Valley companies to China on Dec 4, 2002.
In an interview with reporters, Yan Xiaolang said the 863 project had achieved great progress in the past five years, and that should not be negated by the HYSIS Scam.
A blog by a reporter Zuo Zhijian 左志坚 covering the HYSIS Hoax. The blog by his teammate Yang Linhua 杨琳桦.
HYSIS Hoax, HYSIS Hoax, Update
Friday, March 17, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
IQ in Different Fields
The number are converted from graduate students' general GRE scores. From Steve Hsu's blog:
The results are:
- 130.0 Physics
- 129.0 Mathematics
- 128.5 Computer Science
- 128.0 Economics
- 127.5 Chemical engineering
- 127.0 Material science
- 126.0 Electrical engineering
- 125.5 Mechanical engineering
- 125.0 Philosophy
- 124.0 Chemistry
- 123.0 Earth sciences
- 122.0 Industrial engineering
- 122.0 Civil engineering
- 121.5 Biology
- 120.1 English/literature
- 120.0 Religion/theology
- 119.8 Political science
- 119.7 History
- 118.0 Art history
- 117.7 Anthropology/archeology
- 116.5 Architecture
- 116.0 Business
- 115.0 Sociology
- 114.0 Psychology
- 114.0 Medicine
- 112.0 Communication
- 109.0 Education
- 106.0 Public administration
If you trust these numbers, one of the conclusions is that the economists are the brightest among the social scientists (rank 4) who are only followed by philosophers (rank 9). The philosophers are still brighter than political scientists (rank 17) who are smarter than the sociologists (rank 23). This list may confirm virtually all of your preconceptions about all these fields, at least it was my case. The only exception was medicine that I expected to appear in the upper half.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
A Snail's Home
蜗牛的家 A Snail's Home
作詞：鄭智化 作曲：鄭智化 Tune/Lyric: Zheng Zhihua
密密麻麻的高樓大廈 找不到我的家 Lost among the skyscrapers, where is my home
在人來人往的擁擠街道 浪跡天涯 Lost on the crowding street, flowing anywhere
我身上揹著重重的殼 努力往上爬 Climbing up, up, with my thick shell on my back
卻永永遠遠跟不上 飛漲 的房價 I shall never catch up the rising house price
給我一個小小的家 蝸牛的家 Let me own a tiny little home, a snail's home
能擋風遮雨的地方 不必太大 Just enough to hide from the weather, not too large
給我一個小小的家 蝸牛的家 Let me own a tiny little home, s snail's home
肯安撫疲憊的空間 不必害怕 A place to rest, where I can feel safe
給我一個小小的家 只是小小的家 Let me own a tiny little home, a tiny little home
一個屬於自己溫暖的 蝸牛的家 A cozy home of my own, a snail's home
Open Letter to Brother Tao
Xu Xiang is a Chinese journalist. He is credited for the exposure of a local government scandal on $5 million misuse of money allocated to poor people settlement after a irrigating project.
He published an open letter on his personal website to Brother Tao in Jan 11, 2006. In the letter, Mr Xu potraited a dark reality of today's Chinese military, and asked president Hu Jintao to responde swiftly.
The Seagull browsed Mr Xu's website, and determined that Mr. Xu was an examplary responsible Chinese journalist. The Seagull wishes Mr. Xu good luck!
He published an open letter on his personal website to Brother Tao in Jan 11, 2006. In the letter, Mr Xu potraited a dark reality of today's Chinese military, and asked president Hu Jintao to responde swiftly.
The Seagull browsed Mr Xu's website, and determined that Mr. Xu was an examplary responsible Chinese journalist. The Seagull wishes Mr. Xu good luck!
Saturday, March 11, 2006
History: People Eating Northern Minorities
304 A.D. to 439 A.D. It's one of the darkest time period in the history on the land of China. After the fell off of a weak Han empire Jin 晋, many minorities on the northern boundaries came down. This period is called Five Minority Messing China (无胡乱华). The five minorities are 匈奴民族、鲜卑民族、羯民族、氐民族、羌民族.
Governor of You Wang Jun 王浚 invited Murong Jiangbei 慕容鲜卑 to fight another warlord. Before Murong returned to his home in the north, he captured thousands of Han girls in additional to numerous treasure. These girls were consumed as food, and when the troop met Wang Jun at Yi River 易水, only eight thousands were left alive. Being a Han himself, Wang asked Murong to release the girls. Murong couldn't eat them all, but he also didn't want to set them free. He ordered to drown them in the Yi River.
Qiang 羯族 who set up the Zhao 后赵 Kingdom had Chinese women as their regular food. They never bothered for supplies in military actions, but always ate Han women they captured. They even gave them a name 'two feet sheep', which were used in the day for sexual satisfaction, and in the evening for the dinner. The crown prince Shi Sui 石邃 was a believer of Buddhism. He enjoyed most was to had sex with beautiful nuns, and then cook their meat with lamb and beef. When a Han general Ran Wen 冉闵 defeated Zhao, he liberated 200 thousands 'two-feet-sheep'. He let them go home. However, most of them did not have a home to go. About 70,000 decided that they wanted to stay with his troops in the capital city Ye 邺城. Later, Ran was defeated and Ye was surrounded by Xianbei troops, some of them were eaten by hungry city defenders, some again were taken as two-feet-sheep after the city were broken by Xianbei.
中國黑暗史, anonymous;
中國古代吃人肉之歷史, anonymous
Governor of You Wang Jun 王浚 invited Murong Jiangbei 慕容鲜卑 to fight another warlord. Before Murong returned to his home in the north, he captured thousands of Han girls in additional to numerous treasure. These girls were consumed as food, and when the troop met Wang Jun at Yi River 易水, only eight thousands were left alive. Being a Han himself, Wang asked Murong to release the girls. Murong couldn't eat them all, but he also didn't want to set them free. He ordered to drown them in the Yi River.
Qiang 羯族 who set up the Zhao 后赵 Kingdom had Chinese women as their regular food. They never bothered for supplies in military actions, but always ate Han women they captured. They even gave them a name 'two feet sheep', which were used in the day for sexual satisfaction, and in the evening for the dinner. The crown prince Shi Sui 石邃 was a believer of Buddhism. He enjoyed most was to had sex with beautiful nuns, and then cook their meat with lamb and beef. When a Han general Ran Wen 冉闵 defeated Zhao, he liberated 200 thousands 'two-feet-sheep'. He let them go home. However, most of them did not have a home to go. About 70,000 decided that they wanted to stay with his troops in the capital city Ye 邺城. Later, Ran was defeated and Ye was surrounded by Xianbei troops, some of them were eaten by hungry city defenders, some again were taken as two-feet-sheep after the city were broken by Xianbei.
中國黑暗史, anonymous;
中國古代吃人肉之歷史, anonymous
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Chinese Net Cops in Action
Chinese Net Cops responded promptly to an online animal abuse allegation, and successfully brought the suspects to justice. No, they are not part of the notorious Great FireWall, but some mobilized netizens who are enraged by the pictures recently posted online despicting a so called crush fetish on animals.
Crush fetish is originated in the western and Japan, but it found some Chinese followers recently. A netizen downloaded a piece of video clip accidently, and was disgusted by the contents. He posted some images captured from the video, and many fellow netizens were mobolized to identify the persons shown in the video, also the photographers and distributors.
The highheal lady and the photographer are from Luo County, Heilongjiang, and the website owner is from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Both the lady, a nurse, and the photographer, a local TV station employee were suspended from work while the investigation is still in process.
Crush fetish is originated in the western and Japan, but it found some Chinese followers recently. A netizen downloaded a piece of video clip accidently, and was disgusted by the contents. He posted some images captured from the video, and many fellow netizens were mobolized to identify the persons shown in the video, also the photographers and distributors.
The highheal lady and the photographer are from Luo County, Heilongjiang, and the website owner is from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Both the lady, a nurse, and the photographer, a local TV station employee were suspended from work while the investigation is still in process.
Hood College selected a female King
Students of Hood College, a private liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland voted a woman student to be the homecoming King. 21 years old lesbian Jennifer Jones beat three male nominees when elected by a vote of 64 out of 169 in February, 2006. According to UPI, Jennifer didn't even know she was nomited this time until she saw her name on the ballot. She did attempt for the prince year, but was turned down by a student review committee, even with enough supporting signatures.
Detailed reports: The News Journal, Frederick News-Post, The Washington Post
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