JAMES TAM  谭炳昌

A few days ago, on my way to evening meditation at Dong Shan ( link to Shadows of Cave Mountain ), I was captivated by the moon. It was a...

中國去年出口一億兩千多萬遊客。偶爾幾個在國外或飛機上撒野出洋相，便會被大做文章。國人也會積極搖頭，埋冤暴發戶風氣熾熱難當。究竟何謂「暴發戶」呢？根據我的字典，暴發戶是近期發了財的人，喜歡炫耀，品味低俗云云。英文通常借用有幾分造作的法語名詞 Nouveau Riche —...

More than 120 million Chinese travel overseas annually. Occasionally, one or two unruly tourists would make headlines, triggering another...

对绝大多数中国人来说，统一是毫无妥协余地的大事，不能永久逃避 ，只看时间和回归方式而已。我認為統一祖國的契機，很大機會在短期，甚至一兩年內出現。

Without underestimating the risk of a military solution, Taiwan seems ripe for the big change. Indefinite deferment is not feasible

咚 ～沈肅的禪鐘聲與本來的寂靜互相引接，引起了一靜一動的共鳴。和諧的交替，並未驚破黎明。從房間里，我聽不到敲鐘僧人的唱誦，但幾晚前曾經上鐘樓聽唱：「洪鐘初扣 寶偈高吟 上徹天堂 下通地府 。。干戈永息 甲馬休征 陣敗傷亡 俱生淨土。。」 寒山僧鐘唱畢，鼓樓會以「風雨雷電」鼓聲回應

A 16-day mediation camp at Dongshan Temple in China

Don’t learn from history — it’s full of lies. Some say that’s to be expected, as history is written by the victors. But why must victors...

I don’t know anything about graffiti, but the good ones make me stop to admire, as if in a gallery. Some are amazing not only due to its...

Calling ourselves Homo Sapiens — literally wise man — has to be either missed irony, or hyperbolic self-flattery. Even dummies know that...

Like most tourists, I prefer historical sites or “exotic” destinations when travelling, wishing to see something “different”. Since I...

Photogenic Iceland has been exhaustedly covered. Every visitor to Iceland has taken a picture similar to this. Perhaps I'll focus more on...

Ordinary Americans brought up to believe in “justice, freedom, democracy” have been watching their elected governments blatantly erode...

If I ran for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, I’ll win by a landslide margin, and gain unanimous support from everyone, including Beijing

假如我競選香港特首，會以壓倒性票數勝出。而上任後，一眾議員，左右前後，真假民主，都會放下口號，萬眾一心地支持我實現競選承諾。我的競選策略簡單易明，絕無取巧，連中學未畢業的本土革命議員也一聽便心明大義，心急的甚至會上街遊行，強烈要求我提早接班。更妙的是北北京的策略專家們暗自讚許

American foreign adventures provide prodigiously fertile ground for anyone in a critical mood. But whenever I feel the urge to condemn...

可能有人認為我很 「反美」，但我對美帝國的看法是基於大量不具爭議的事實，而非偏見或意識形態。其實我年輕時很崇拜美國。好萊塢電影看多了，甚至以為牛仔是英雄，印第安人是野蠻的「紅番」。懂得睜眼看世界之後，看法才逐漸180度轉變。...

I normally only watch sports on TV when there’s no escape. But the Olympic badminton final last night was a great match, and unexpectedly...

Vientiane has become a familiar name in the past few days because of the 49th ASEAN foreign ministers meeting. Lao’s capital Vientiane,...

I'm still wondering if the two figures I saw at the magnificent Phapeng Falls are real or not 我到今天還懷疑 Phapeng 瀑布石頭上的人，是真是假 We entered...