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Chongqing: A City on Steroids
Current TV has just released their newest installment City on Steroids, and it should not be missed. Shot in Chongqing, this segment is broken into three parts, Day 1 -Bang Bang Men (porters), rampant construction and individual home ownership (every young couples dream), Day 2 – life of a bang bang man, migrant appreciation day,a [...]
Trading Places: Chinese Cities
A few months back I met with Dan Inman to discuss what I had been seeing in my time in China, related to China’s 2nd and 3rd tier growth, and this week his article was released on CNBC’s European Edition. Trading Places take a mixed approach of looking at the macro picture and then bringing [...]
Recommended Blog: China’s Scientific and Academic Integrity Watch
Those of you in China having several years of experience hiring top research talent from the top universities are, I suspect, aware that Chinese students, even from these schools, must be vetted with care. It is not that Chinese are more likely to cheat than another nationality — academic dishonesty is rife everywhere there is [...]
Official: Six died during Olympics construction
A Beijing municipal government official admitted that six workers have been killed during the construction of Olympics venues in the past three years, the Wall Street Journal reported. Ding Zhenkuan, deputy chief of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Work Safety, said two people had died while building the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s [...]
Responsa: China Unicom and GPRS
Workers’ Stadium North Road Hiding from the icy winds 0947 hrs. Since NetNanny has seen fit to once again mark all TypePad blogs off limits, I am compelled to respond to comments with posts (and to once again wonder about hosting alternatives. CU doth know GPRS… Kevin Prest responds to my comment that “Unicom knows [...]
Making Old Jets Green Again
Lobby of the China World Hotel, Beijing Surrounded by the Chindians 1439 hrs. It’s getting to the point where you can’t go a day without hearing another recycling story. This pictorial essay on CNET today walks us through the recycling of airliners that have exceeded their economical service life. (The whole concept of “economical service [...]
Warm weather clothing
I’m off to Harbin this weekend, the freezing cold city north of Beijing where they hold an annual ice festival. In preparation for the weather in Harbin [oh Jesus I’ve just looked at the forecast, it’s going to be between -23 and -35 degrees celsius- why the hell did I agree to this?!] Emma had [...]
Huangputangjiawan lu
This made me laugh although I’m not really sure why. HuangPuTangJiaWan Lu (South) is the longest street name I’ve ever seen, beating out Urumuqi Lu with embarassing ease. And yet the street itself was just a tiny little back alley down near the Lupu bridge. As far as I know, the street names in Shanghai [...]
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