About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
China Archive
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Cyrus on: PRI’s The World (Jan. 13, 2010)
Posted on January 13, 2010 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on Google’s new policy towards China will be airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC... -
African Renaissance statue in Dakar angers locals
Posted on September 29, 2009 | 11 CommentsApparently, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the “African Renaissance.” The statue, “shows a muscular man in a heroic posture, outstretched arms wrapped around his wife and child, who is balanced on one of his biceps,” reports the Associated... -
August 27: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on August 27, 2008 | 1 CommentDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the controversy over the “Songs for Tibet” album, iTunes and China, will be airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): New York – 3 pm Eastern –... -
What I’m Reading
Posted on May 16, 2008 | No CommentsIvan Krstic: In fact, I quit when Nicholas told me — and not just me — that learning was never part of the mission. The mission was, in his mind, always getting as many laptops as possible out there; to say anything about learning would... -
Shanghai’s booming subway
Posted on August 29, 2007 | No CommentsIf there’s one thing that I love to imagine, it’s how much more liveable Los Angeles would be if there was a decent transportation system. Turns out, the future of LA’s public transportation might be in Shanghai: Los Angeles Times: In 1990, four years after... -
An Estonian on China
Posted on February 10, 2007 | No CommentsProbably one of the most interesting things that I’ve heard on this trip, from a guy who is working on setting up more mobile data services in Estonia. Televork is buying equipment from a Chinese company, ZTE. “Europeans are trying to enjoy their quality of...
