AllAfrica.com, Africa:
Chinese Space Mission a Success, With Namibian Help

Christian Science Monitor : A hero returns to a land without heroes

Daily Yomiuri, Japan: What is China’s ultimate aim in space?

New York Times, USA: China Sends Man Into Orbit, Entering U.S.-Russian Club

Can you spot the nuances???

Last week in the class of COMM 200, I claimed myself a super PEPSI fan by raising hand when Dr. Soley asked who can tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi.

“I think it’s milder” was the reason I held in public for my preference for Pepsi. As a matter of fact, another unspoken reason was that Coke is kind of old-fashioned… To put it another way, too classic.

In today’s class we had an informal experiment addressing this issue. Everybody tasted six cups of various colas without knowing which was which. On the answer sheet were six brands (Coca-cola, Pepsi-cola, RC-cola, Best Yet cola, Jolly Good cola and Max cola) and six numbers. For me, it was more a wild guess than a valid judgment since I never tasted the other four colas.

The first taste was always impressive. Bingo!!! It was Pepsi!!! The following steps were more like a carnival. I whirled up the other four cups and felt like King of the World. Having found my Pepsi, why bothered to care about the others? I even didn’t take the No.5 Cola and designated it as Coke (it was later proven to be a fatal mistake).

The result was sarcastic. I got two right. Nope, not Pepsi or Coke but Best Yet and Jolly Good. Guess what? Pepsi was No.5, the one I didn’t taste but labled as Coke.