_________________________________________________________________fergusryan(@)gmail.com Tumblr (3.0; @shootingtheairplane)http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/"China's New Intelligenstia" - Prospect magazine: Behind-the-scenes intellectual debate in China http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/27919176http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/27919176Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:19:21 +0800What you won't be seeing in the Chinese media this month: “Working instructions” or what...http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/23963078http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/23963078Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:36:05 +0800“White to Blue to Pink to Night A white piece of paper, Fluttering in the breeze, Floating...http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/14918923http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/14918923Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:33:29 +0800New subway line for Beijing: That’s Beijing’s (or is it The Beijinger’s?)...http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/14835929http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/14835929Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:41:30 +0800<a href="http://emichrysalis.co.uk/sigurros/heima/film/heima_trailer.html">"Heima" trailer - Sigur Rós doco </a>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/14001923http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/14001923Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:18:35 +0800<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/13905817_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/?p=2288">An experiment in reverse anthropology</a></p> <p>(via Arthur Magazine) </p>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13905817http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13905817Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:55:41 +0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pyp34v6Lmcc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pyp34v6Lmcc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Arcade Fire “My Body is a Cage” (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/jthelms">jthelms</a>)</p>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13904632http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13904632Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:36:10 +0800China Communist elder issues bold call for democracy : Reutershttp://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13773288http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13773288Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:07:08 +0800 'The President Has Accepted Ethnic Cleansing' - Interview with Investigative Journalist Seymour...http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13751578http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13751578Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:45:39 +0800<a href="http://youbian.baidu.com/100027.html">Find out your Chinese postcode</a>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13747516http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13747516Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:53:13 +0800Chinese Authorities Execute 10 Million Recalled Toys : The Onionhttp://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13316384http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13316384Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:52:54 +0800Shanghaiist: New Shanghai party chief tipped for the Politburo: My first Shanghaiist piece.http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13285927http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13285927Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:23:04 +0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gPrVxDQ5ziQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gPrVxDQ5ziQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Is Rudd Red?</p>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13222828http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13222828Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:39:32 +0800Australia to get Mandarin speaking prime minister?: Here’s a lil sum summin I wrote for The...http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13207205http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/13207205Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:11:16 +0800Google's 2007 Australian Federal Election page: Noice… Very useful site.http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11767784http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11767784Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:12:23 +0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/izm_YT-xj_o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/izm_YT-xj_o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Confused? So are John Howard and Peter Costello! (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/australianlabor">australianlabor</a>)</p>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11764277http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11764277Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:25:20 +0800<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/11623400_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2007/09/eating-river-cr.html">The Politically Correct Crab (via RConversation)<br/></a></p>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11623400http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11623400Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:30:15 +0800<embed style="width:400px; height:300px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8905277760294313269" flashvars=""> </embed><br/><br/><p>For this anniversary of September 11, let’s do something we haven’t done nearly enough of. It’s called “Know Your Enemy” (via <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8905277760294313269&q=osama+bin+laden&total=333&start=0&num=10&so=1&type=search&plindex=9">Google Video</a>) Transcript can be found <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2173675/">here</a> at Slate.com - Excellent analysis <a href="http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/3812">here</a> at Sp!ked<br/></p>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11313057http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11313057Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:53:39 +0800Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8 | The Onion : Ha ha. Very funny The Onion. I happen to count myself as one...http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11291617http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/11291617Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:51:14 +0800<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/24/obama_gop/index.html?source=rss&aim=salon">Barack Obama's crossover appeal</a>http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/9818841http://shootingtheairplane.tumblr.com/post/9818841Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:22:19 +0800