Posted in Beijing, Ill-informed opinions about China, internet on February 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Interesting article by James Fallows about internet censorship (including how it will be reversed temporarily at a few select locations during the olympics for a few weeks). Takes me back to when I was writing about this at University.
"In reality, what the Olympic-era visitors will be discovering is not the absence of China’s electronic control [...]
Posted in Beijing, Ill-informed opinions about China, Yunnan, Kunming, Erhai Lake & Dali, Photo Posts on March 7th, 2006 2 Comments »
Posted in Beijing, Kunming, Shandong, Taishan, Qufu, Photo Posts on October 31st, 2005 No Comments »
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After realising that I wouldn’t be able to leave Beijing for a week and with Cat feeling a bit bored too, we decided to go away a couple of days. We took the overnight train to Taishan (in Shandong Province), one of the 5 spiritual mountains in China.
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Arrived at [...]
Posted in Beijing, Photo Posts on October 23rd, 2005 1 Comment »
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Its been a fair few days since I updated this and the last post was so negative that I thought I’d better say something. However I don’t feel particularly inspired so this might just turn into a list of things that I’ve done.
Feeling much better, was completely exhausted to the point of [...]
Posted in Beijing, Photo Posts on October 18th, 2005 1 Comment »
Been back in Beijing for just under a week now and ready to leave already. I’ve had a fun time hanging out with Cat and seeing some other people but its not really where I want to be. I’ve come down with [...]
Posted in Beijing, Photo Posts on September 27th, 2005 No Comments »
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Posted in Beijing on September 26th, 2005 6 Comments »
I’m staying in a hostel at the Workers stadium so was given a free ticket to see Beijing vs. Chongqing there last night. Not being an avid football fan I only stayed for the first half as I was getting hungry and also being eaten alive by mosquitos. The first half ended in a nil-nil [...]
Posted in Beijing, Qingdao, Ill-informed opinions about China, Shandong on September 25th, 2005 No Comments »
I arrived in Beijing yesterday morning at 6am by train from Qingdao. Didn’t get much sleep on the train as I felt quite dodgy – I must have eaten something in Qingdao which didn’t agree with me as I’ve spent the last 24 hours in considerable discomfort. Arriving at Beijing station desperately needing a number [...]
