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Today’s NYT has a story about the Beijing Silk Market and the struggles between big names brands and the pirates that knock-em off and slang
Now that I have finished my stint in a semi-corporate setting in a security company, i can let you know a little bit about how
So the Games are over and the Western media is tapping into the fear the American nation has for China’s rise. Its all smoke and
I will have a few pics here … i lost my camera and never really bought a new one. I know thats the main thing
Today was quite a day. I watched Cuba whup up on the US in the baseball semifinal and then headed to a spa to wash
The last two days have been pretty fun, but i have not been able to watch anything. The women’s beach volleyball, men’s volleyball, water polo,
Liu Xiang is injured and will not compete. He has been injured since at least May, when he had his last competition. In China, an
Its becoming somewhat of a blur for me these days, i had to ask if today was Day 12 or what. I am writing on
I bet this dude puffs mad herb. Now, if we find out that he does, will he be stripped for doping? “Once you reach the
The last few days I have been running on fumes a bit. And for those of you who have done that, it means alternating between
The second week is just around the corner and I felt the lull today. Indeed, the preliminaries and qualifying rounds are almost over. The Chinese
What a difference a day makes. Today I went and watched the China-Spain B-Ball game and it was off the chains. The big difference between
Welcome to China ya’ll. Today started off fine, I woke up and went and did some gong fu with my man Shifu Li Chuan cuz
Today I saw a one armed Cockney Englishman marching through the crowds around the water cube trying to sell swimming tix for 2000k US. The
Yeah its always the same wherever I go. i become Red from the Shawshank Redemption. I am now in the ticket business and it is
It is a beautiful morning here in Beijing. The sun is blinding white, reminding me of a graveyard shift I pulled in Alaska once. We
Its not hard to imagine how China manages to get away with being one of the more brazenly oppressive nations to hold the Olympics in
The fools of the world who believed Chairman Rogge and the Chinese BOCOG are to blame for their foolishness. There are several stories out there:
Will the damn Games just start already … All day I got BBC hollerin about censorship, human rights and nationalism in one ear and CCTV
That the Chinese are ready to do this. Just Imagine: Your dad grew up smilin if he got some pork in his rice bowl.Your granddad
In this small blurb about a photo that made it into a tabloid about the Tiananmen protests in 1989, we see another example of the
I am amazed at how rumors fly around this country. its a thing of beauty to watch a story go from one part of the
Yeah I been criticizing Obama a lot here, I guess its cuz I was so excited and inspired by his nomination run and then to
Played cards with the boys last night and it was good “craic.” I think that’s how you spell the Irish version — the lone Irishman
There is a situation going on right now at east gate in Beijing. About 100 people and are in the area. The issues is with
china gives peeps designated “arrest me” zones to do their thing. “Chinese people know better than to go demonstrate in a {issue} zone during the
Things is hectic in this piece … for real. after the K’ming bombings the government made a few changes to security that are putting a
Here is a story that is pretty interesting, in that it shows the polarized views of this country that people have. I am sure that
Check out my no-fun dork shoes: China’s “top-down” approach to security in the Olympics guarantees that there will be very little mirthful exchanges between the
I am finally in Beijing. After several months of talking about it and changes to the plan on a weekly basis, I am now officially
Sigh. The truth the world has refused to confront always comes out in the end, be it war for oil, Bush is a fool, we
how silly we humans be. Sports are and have been one of the ultimate political experiences for societies since the dawn of the ball. A
The visa situation in China is getting more and more frustrating for foreigners trying to do anything here. How to extend or wiggle one’s way
ya’ll don’t even know. I went to Hanyuan the other day and just got back in the Du. I was planning on staying a month
Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race…Let us resolve to be patriots always, nationalists
My friend Rachel wrote the day before the quake: “I feel like the world is shifting” if ya’ll check the first few lines of my
here is a column i wrote for Antiwar.com that will not get published: On Friday the torch arrives in Hong Kong. Demonstrators from around the
Today has been another magnificent day in Chengdu. I am sitting in the Bookworm, a fine place to ease back and read/write be smart with
it has struck me — and perhaps not only me — how intense things are becoming this year. The race in the US between the
I wrote a column a ways back about the “real China” and how the world would get a glimpse of it this summer during the
I am just a few short miles from Aba, where the Tibetans burned down a police station last week. Since that incident it has been
i walked back to my house tonight around 2am and i live near the Tibetan district of town. there were police cars on every block
The day after the deadline and people here in China are talking about the protests, both my Laowai homies and my Chinese homies. It is
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