Beijing 2008 
Ends justify means
Ends inherantly Chinese
Go away lao wai

Today I completed my registration with the local PSB and it wasn’t as easy as I would have expected for a mandatory requirement for every foreigner in China within 24 hours of arrival.

Where is my local PSB?
Real Estate Agent (who rented me my apartment) and building management both couldn’t tell me where my friendly local […]

Often bad service
It’s quality compromise
Welcome to China

BBC: A committee official said the simple chants and gestures were designed to help spectators cheer for their favourite athletes in a smooth, civilized manner.
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Li Ning, president of the Beijing Etiquette Institute, told the Beijing News that the cheer was in line with general international principles for cheering, while at the same time possessing characteristics […]

Via BoingBoing, my all time favourite blog. LA Times on guerrilla gardeners.
As I’ve posted before, it’s note worthy that I’ve seen this on many occasions in sprawling Suzhou where growth in the industry parks seem to be swallowing up farmland by he second. Not to mention these are times of record inflation and skyrocketing food […]