March 2008
1 post
"China's New Intelligenstia" - Prospect magazine →
Behind-the-scenes intellectual debate in China
January 2008
1 post
What you won't be seeing in the Chinese media this... →
“Working instructions” or what to censor this month in the PRC.
October 2007
6 posts
“White to Blue to Pink to Night
A white piece of paper,
Fluttering in the...”
– Everything has its own colour - Eureka Street
New subway line for Beijing →
That’s Beijing’s (or is it The Beijinger’s?) coverage Beijingology’s subway Wiki
"Heima" trailer - Sigur Rós doco →
September 2007
11 posts
China Communist elder issues bold call for... →
Reuters
'The President Has Accepted Ethnic Cleansing' -... →
SPIEGEL ONLINE + Hersh’s latest New Yorker piece “Shifting Targets - The Administration’s plan for Iran” (link) Hersh was one of the only journalists who got it right when we went into Iraq. Anything he writes about the Bush Administration should be taken very seriously.
Find out your Chinese postcode →
Chinese Authorities Execute 10 Million Recalled... →
The Onion
Shanghaiist: New Shanghai party chief tipped for... →
My first Shanghaiist piece.
Australia to get Mandarin speaking prime minister? →
Here’s a lil sum summin I wrote for The Cause over at Danwei. The comments are quite funny to follow. It’s descended into a Chinese semantics debate. (also cross-posted here)
Google's 2007 Australian Federal Election page →
Noice… Very useful site.
WatchFor this anniversary of September 11, let’s do something we haven’t done nearly enough of. It’s called “Know Your Enemy” (via Google Video) Transcript can be found here at Slate.com - Excellent analysis here at Sp!ked
Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8 | The Onion →
Ha ha. Very funny The Onion. I happen to count myself as one of those “thousands of music fans who slavishly follow the website’s advice when it comes to enjoying things” and it’s been working for me so far… but point taken. I might start actually reading the reviews instead of going straight to those albums that score 8/10 or more.
August 2007
2 posts
Barack Obama's crossover appeal →
Mastering Chinese Transport
I just discovered a cool function on Baidu maps that gives you traffic directions (public and private transport) when you enter your starting point and destination. Here’s the public transport directions for getting to Sanlitun from Beijing Train Station - link It works in my old hood too. Here are the routes for a trip from Youdian Apartments to Tianjin Train Station. - link (Pic shows...
July 2007
8 posts
Terrorist organization logos →
My favourite is the “Jihad in Sweden” one.
饮水思源 or What'll they fake next? →
OK. Just one more. →
French Chinese →
It’s been a while since I’ve read any of Howard French’s China dispatches. After reading this, I’m left wondering why I’ve waited so long. In this article he provides a good summary of the latest scandals to hit China, with what I think is very measured analysis. Shooting the Airplane likey.
June 2007
13 posts
Paper Republic →
This site looks quite promising. It looks like it could very well develop into the go-to place for those (English speakers) interested in finding out more about modern Chinese literature…
Wikipedia unblocked! (sort of) →
For those of you on this side of the Great... →
via Sinosplice
Dead or alive?
So apparently Song Pingshun, the Vice-Mayor of my city Tianjin, killed himself last week after coming under investigation for economic crimes. Apparently, he was found dead last Wednesday after jumping from Tianjin’s CPPCC building. Or after shooting himself. Apparently. Baidu.com’s “zeitgeist” page, where the most commonly searched for terms on...
Hallelujah! →
They’re back.
Get a job Paul
“We love Paul but it’s time for some tough love. So we have this message. Paul, mate: shut up and listen and you might learn something. And Paul: get a job.” Friday, 8 June 2007 - Christian Kerr - www.crikey.com.au (link to story) —- I couldn’t agree more. He seemed quite unhinged and just a little pathetic on last nights’...
"Paul Merton in China" Channel 5 (UK) →
I watched the first episode of this last night. It’s a light-hearted look at contemporary China by English comic Paul Merton. It’s being shown on Channel 5 in the UK now. Merton managed to win me over when, in this first episode, he passes up an opportunity to see the Great Wall of China, and instead visits a peasant who makes his own home-made robots. Me likey. I recommend you check...
¡No más de problemas del Interweb!
I’m back! And it’s all thanks to Ricardo the Chilean computer ninja. ¡Desea Ricardo vivo!
May 2007
1 post
Interweb problems
My internet abruptly disconnected the other day for no apparent reason. The Internet guy was supposed to come today to sort it out but I haven’t been holding my breath. Thankfully, a cafe around the corner from my dormitory has free wireless. If my internet doesn’t get fixed for a while, I can at least get an occasional hit of interweb goodness. If anyone needs to get in contact with...