When Fu Hsi, a mythical leader of ancient China, had the 8 trigrams of the I-Ching revealed to him supernaturally he was unlikely to have known the significance they would play on British Ministry of Defence denials some 5,000 years later. Perhaps even you,…

Japan's recent announcement to send noodles where no noodles have gone before surely means the future of noodle technology is looking bright. But what of the past? Step in, The Origin of Noodles , courtesy of the BBC: "The remains of the world's oldest…

Space might be the final frontier, but these days one is more likely to hear about new advances in food technology over men, moons and the NASA spaceships that get them there. The public seem to have lost their fascination with all things not of the terra…

"Chinese and American people see the world differently - literally. While Americans focus on the central objects of photographs, Chinese individuals pay more attention to the image as a whole, according to psychologists at the University of Michigan, in Ann…

I leave Japan for the city of Ulaanbaatar on Sunday morning, my heart set on 16 days of exploring Genghis' homeland. The Huge Entity will indeed rest my friends, but it NEVER sleeps - Its doors are always open... Here's to finding Genghis in the Gobi , see…

Australia, Hong Kong, Japan. I spanked them all and went back for seconds. Ramsey Street and Nathan Street ; the commercialised backpacking culture of Auz and the utter, blunt rudeness of Hong Kong residents ; the rich tapestry of Australia's coastal skyline…

Coming Anarchy has posted a selection of interesting screenshots taken from Japanese TV. The shots show opinions on Japan as cast by representatives from all of Japan's major Asian Neighbours. Bear in mind that this is Japanese TV we're talking about here,…

Update: "Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged Japan to "seriously reflect" on its wartime history and back up government apologies with action." - Link ...and also this interesting BBC article popped up: "Young Chinese are taught about the atrocities…

Jesus, you are by far my all time favourite superhero. Come back soon!

"The Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers are holding crisis talks in Beijing over a wave of anti-Japanese protests across China. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura is seeking an apology for the protests, but China has said the real issue is…

"Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Chinese city of Shanghai in the latest in a series of anti-Japanese demonstrations. Protesters, shouting anti-Japanese slogans and carrying Chinese flags, threw eggs and plastic water bottles at the…