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On the eve of the Beijing Olympics

My Internet access is the worst I’ve experienced since I was on a University LAN in Yantai, Shandong Province, bum f*ck nowhere.
What makes me laugh/want to kill someone is that despite running firefox on an Ubuntu system (a godsend in virrii and spyware ridden Chinese Cyberspace) the censortards still insist that its Internet explorer that [...]

Posted 04 August 2008 † Nick § Censorship ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Chinese Journalists shot by officer at gun control press conference

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THREE journalists were hurt when a gun went off at a press conference called by Chinese police to highlight the success of a gun-control campaign.
Link H/T Lee

Posted 20 July 2008 † Nick § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

In which I forget how business is done in China.

Today I took the 1.5 hour drive to Nantong for a meeting to find the meeting, despite my efforts to triple-confirm had been “re-scheduled”. Nantong, not seeming like the sightseeing type of place I promptly headed back to Suzhou. A wasted morning, I may as well have spent the morning wasted.
After which I had [...]

Posted 08 July 2008 † Nick § Business § China § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,