http://www.ted.com Yang Lan, a journalist and entrepreneur who's been called "the Oprah of China," offers insight into the next generation of young Chinese citizens -- urban, connected (via...
========== The night before I was heading for Scotland,I was invited to host the finalof "China's Got Talent" show in Shanghaiwith the 80,000 live audience in the stadium.Guess who was the performing guest?Susan Boyle.And I told her, "I'm going to Scotland the next day."She sang beautifully,and she even managed to say a few words in Chinese:送你葱So it's not like "hello" or "thank you,"that ordinary stuff.It means "green onion for free."Why did she say that?Because it was a linefrom our Chinese parallel Susan Boyle --a 50-some year-old woman,a vegetable vendor in Shanghai,who loves singing Western opera,but she didn't understandany English or French or Itali...
