Unique Take on Chinese Cuisine in Downtown Palo Alto The culinary culture of the Bay Area has been greatly influenced by the Chinese ever since the first large wave of immigrants arrived in the mid-nineteenth century as gold miners Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Winning an Asymmetrical War The Second World War is thought of as a conventional conflict in which the world’s great powers threw like against like—tanks against tanks, planes against planes. However, not Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Olympics to Showcase a Changing China BEIJING – Flashing lights, giant signs, and elaborate displays now adorn the once-drab streets of China’s capital city. Digitized concrete billboards stand nearly fifteen feet tall at major intersections, screaming Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Power Corrupts in Beijing Beijing’s preparation for the Olympics is a double-sided story: China has made great economic strides over the past two decades, allowing unprecedented individual freedom to participate and compete in Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Editor’s Note As we arrive on and return to campus, and as we usher in another year at Stanford, it seems appropriate to offer a restatement of what the Stanford Review is, Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Romney in Best Shape for GOP Nod The first presidential election in fifty-six years without an incumbent president or vice president on the ballot has surprised politicos and challenged conventional wisdom, seemingly at every turn. No one tford 27 Sep 2007
News Analysis: Smoking in Stanford Stanford introduced two anti-smoking policies during the summer holidays, both effective as of September 1. First, the School of Medicine has banned outdoor smoking. Second, the Stanford Benefits and the seck 27 Sep 2007
Lost and Conservative? Opportunities Abound at Stanford In 2004, novelist Tom Wolfe penned the novel I am Charlotte Simmons, lambasting the binge drinking, sexually promiscuous, image-oriented culture of the typical American college campus. Wolfe loosely based the Christopher Fish 27 Sep 2007
Wake Me Up in September When the Football Season Starts With the new-found optimism that surrounds Stanford basketball, some students have started a Facebook group called “I Want to Co-Term Just for Stanford Basketball.” Someone who cares as much about Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007
China expert and Former Presidential Advisor talks East Asian, American politics A small while ago, I had the privilege to talk with Bruce Herschensohn, currently a professor at Pepperdine who has advised both Presidents Nixon and Reagan on issues concerning Taiwan Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007
Final Agreement Reached in Khmer Rouge Trial Negotiations Although it has been nearly thirty years since the Cambodian Khmer Rouge was ousted from power, its leaders have yet to be tried for the human rights atrocities of their Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007
The Sun Sets on Tony Blair British Prime Minister Tony Blair, winner of three consecutive elections and in power for a decade, has announced that he will submit his resignation to the Queen on June 27th. Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007
State of the Race: The Republican Presidential Candidates The 2008 election is a year and a half away, but the money and the media attention have been pouring in earlier than ever before. While the Democratic primary has Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007
OSA: The Path to Reform The Office of Student Activities, the administration’s agency for regulating parties, student groups and their events, suffered a drastic decrease in legitimacy and student approval this year, as it Christopher Fish 7 Jun 2007