Something which has been very interesting, currently living here in Phnom Penh Cambodia, at this point, it seems that Cambodia is just a new colony of mainland China. For example, if you look into the Belt and Road Initiative, something I witnessed very interesting was a map of it, and Vietnam, Cambodia, Southeast Asia in general, we’re all painted in red. My point of thought that is that all of these countries which are bordering China, have essentially become assimilated into China.

Therefore my basic idea is this:

Can people in mainland China access your photography, website, and stuff via their Internet?

Or via baidu.com (their local Google)?

I believe the reason why open source is the key to maximize your impact and influence in the world is this:

Stuff is open source, it is more likely accessible by anyone on the planet.

And something else I’ve realized is this: maximizing your impact, notoriety, fame, and influence is more important than money or any other metric of success.

And one of my life goals was to become number one on Google for “Eric Kim”. Now that I have achieved that life goal, a simple thought:

If you search your first and last name on baidu.com, will you show up?

Something I really like about the new iOS beta is one of the default wallpapers is a GPS coordination of planet earth. It is a nice visual, as it has us to think bigger, more globally, at the earth scale, rather than our myopic and shortsighted view of our own locale.

For example, I like the Socrates quote — when somebody asked him where he was from, he said “I am a citizen of the world“. I believe this is an attitude we should all adopt.

Why is everyone so fearful of mainland China, and why do so many people disdain Chinese tourists?

Several thoughts: