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Entire subway temporarily out of order
In my last post about the new No.5 subway line, I bitched and moaned about the faulty conveyor belt at the Chongwenmen transfer station. I didn’t realise that even bigger problems were in the offing – this morning the subway line was temporarily out of order and my wife and I had to catch a [...]
Soldiers strip to the waist at Taiwan's 'Double Ten' celebrations
If you haven’t seen the footage of the military parade at Taiwan’s National Day celebrations on October 10, the following photo is not from the Sydney Gay Mardi Gras. It is in fact, a photo of Taiwanese Navy marines who are trying to show that they are ready to kick mainland butt. Chinese websites describe [...]
Conveyor belt on the No.5 subway line is out of order
One of the ‘highlights’ of the new No.5 line is the conveyor belts at some of the stations, which bear a resemblance to the conveyer belts at airports. You know what I am talking about – the conveyor belts that you can lug your heavy luggage onto and slowly move to your required departure gate. [...]
Chinese internet access goes to the dogs
We all know that internet access in China has never been good. There are plenty of traps and potholes to navigate, as well as a heap of banned sites. But in the last couple of weeks, internet access has been at its worst. Hotmail has been practically inaccessible – I type in my user name [...]
Boeing takes back some design responsibilities as the suppliers can`t keep the quality
Well, remember the earlier post which I wrote on the new supplier relationship system at Boeing? I warned about the drawbacks of over-outsourcing the design activities to the suppliers AND…Here it comes: A Boeing boss has stated that some of its main and smaller suppliers for the ambitious new 787 jetliner have fallen short of [...]
What you should do to green your supply chain
These days that greening supply chains have found their way to the top of the agenda specially in industries such as electronics and semi-conductors, the related media also covered some of the aspects and practices in sustainability of the value chain. Among them, I liked one article in Electronics Supply and Manufacturing with the title [...]
Beijing
I almost went to Beijing this weekend, almost in the sense that Emma said “Let’s go to Beijing” and I said “OK!“, but then my boss said “Let’s work on Saturday” and I said “OK!“. So now I’m not going. Forgive me father, it has been 11 months since I came to Shanghai and I [...]
At the funfair! (Part I)
The thing with some people is that they do not respect the natural cycle of life. For every Spring there must be an autumn, for every snowflake, a sunbeam- for every death, a birth (unless loads of people die and no-one is born, like in Florida). In short, after a Friday night drinking binge, I [...]
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