Each year the date of Chinese New Year is getting earlier and Stephen is concerned that the Chinese are catching up to Americans -- just look at what they did to Chuck Norris! (4:16)
Monica Crowley bears no relation to Alistair Crowley, the founder of modern Satanism, though Stephen could imagine a resemblance if she shaved her head and held a goat skull. (6:11)
Chicago Tribune's Beijing Bureau Chief, Evan Osnos, argues that the American demand for cashmere has caused pollution clouds to travel from China to American soil. (5:29)