Today's column: Bread and circuses. Bonds and bad hair days.

Today's column: GDP: The optimistic side of things

The referenced data is here in Table 2 (PDF)

Today's column: SOHO, Saipan

Today's column: Chamorro Standard Time

Clarification: Although Tokyo and Sydney aren't tangled in daylight savings time right now, an alert reader emailed and said that Sydney during their summer (Saipan's winter) will adjust its clocks.

It just goes to show you: Stick with GMT when specifying time zones, it's a lot clearer and cleaner.

Today's column: Old cars, old tricks

Today's column: King Sejong the Great

Some related links:

Shipspotting.com has a construction photo off the port quarter.

Another good shot, this one showing the hull-mounted sonar.

SinoDefenseForum has some photos in their forum.

And here's a 58-second clip from YouTube.

Today's column: The last act of defiance

Today's column: Sticking it to the oil man

Today's column: Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone

Today's column: Cars and tourists

Here's a link to sales data from ChinaAutoWeb.com.