Does it merit mention anymore? Wikipedia is dead. The craptastic part is that even using the until-now infallible hack, it doesn’t work. Bullocks.
Danwei reports that Chinese IT bloggers are getting pretty pissed at the extreme measures the [*chingov*] is taking to assure a harmonious 17th Party Congress this coming October 15th.
The Danwei article makes mention of Wangjiangshuo’s blog, which is usually quite apolitical (is there anyone that’s written as much as he about Pudong International Airport? I owe him a debt of gratitude for helping me get back to Suzhou safely). He states:
It seems the pressure from top really makes people take it seriously. These days, all kinds of people are busy.
Telecom companies are busy unplugging Internet cable …
I consider myself a veteran when it comes to backpacking in China. I’ve spent the last four years doing it and it’s taken me all over the country. I think I’ve pretty much seen it all, smelled it all and experienced it all. Needless to say, nothing surprises me now.
Having said all that, I don’t think it lessens the mental anguish when I do travel in China. Case in point: I was asked to translate and assist for a famous photographer who is producing a book that documents villages around the world. My mission was simple: to be his interpreter, keep him out of trouble and to literally help him figure out what the hell goes …
As a follow up to my brother’s god-awful experience with Air China, here’s a crazy recording of a Air China pilot who just can’t speak English at the mandatory level.
Pretty disgraceful…
http://www.youtube.com/v/ob7mc8gIyrE
I’ve been trying to access my Feedburner feeds for about 12 hours with no luck. Could it be? No, please Buddha, no! Don’t tell me the Great Firewall of China has finally figured out we could still read blocked blogs via their feeds.
Ok, perhaps I’m over-reacting, and perhaps it’s just a localized outage or something. However, I try to access the Lost Laowai feed, and nadda. Then I try again with Tor on, and voila!
The site, www.feedburner.com, seems fine. I can sign into my account no problem and all that, but when I try to access any of the feeds at the sub-domain http://feeds.feedburner.com, it’s a no-go.
Please report if you’ve similar problems.
Added: Just moments …
Who the hell is Oiwan Lam and why does she need freeing?
That was the question I was asking myself as when I got the invite to join the Free Oiwan Lam Facebook Group. It was that question that led me to Imagethief’s post of the same title.
Turns out Oiwan, an editor for Global Voice’s North East Asian desk, doesn’t actually need to be freed from anything, at least not like Hao did, and Celil still does. She is, however, facing a serious slap on the wrist (not the kind your mom gives you, but the kind oppressively-sensitive …
The post I wrote a couple days ago, Block you! You motherblocker!, has gotten a fair amount of comments, and all of it seemed dandy until Zhong Guo Ren tuned in.
Here is a recreation of their comment, as I had to sift through the database and manually delete it (when ever viewed, the page was immediately replaced with a “Cannot Access” page, familiar to all who suffer behind the Great Firewall.
click to big it and read it.
My guess is the Wikipedia bit, but I didn’t have the patience to test each phrase. All I know for certain is that with that comment …
On Sunday, June 10th, a rainstorm flooded the Sea World square in Shekou, Shenzhen. The flood has caused economic losses worth tens of millions of yuan, and virtually destroyed 20 restaurants and shops in the area.
The following was sent in via e-mail by a concerned reader:
The June 28-July 1 editions of our local English daily are full of fine words celebrating it’s 10th anniversary. Our vice mayor is quoted “An international city must have an environment where foreigners can communicate and make themselves understood.” and “most expatriates in Shenzhen are satisfied with the investment environment of the city.”
But in …
Ah, May Holiday - one of China’s shimmering Golden Week vacations. Just a quick little reminder what awaits any laowai silly enough to venture outside and catch up on travel next week.
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Anyone who’s lived in China for more than a couple weeks has likely amassed a pile of pirated DVDs.
Coming from Western countries where the prices are 15-30x more, it’s tough to throw even the worst ones away (I’ve still got my copy of Benchwarmers for Christ’s sake).
Getting them home is one of the things I’m continually asked about, and not one I have ever have a clear answer on. Though most China Post offices wont (knowingly) let you ship them out of the country, generally speaking stashing them in your luggage hasn’t traditionally been a problem.
That may be changing.
I just read via Seth Godin’s blog that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is using dogs to sniff …
This is just going to be a few sentences long, but I was hoping people would check out the Manchurian Candidate’s website: www.kyle.cn
It has a very interesting list of all the school killings that China has had (reported) since 2004. If you think the US is violent, check this list out.
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