花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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Possible Blogspot Fix

Dave at The Mutant Palm has a possible fix for the Great Firewall block on blogspot sites. I haven’t got it working yet, but I’m going to keep trying.

Also, I will be experimenting with using my own domain name in the next few days. If the site is down for a short time, my [...]

March 22nd, 2007 | Tags: | Category: Uncategorized | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Where the Great Wall meets the sea…Shanhaiguan gets a makeover

Speaking of walls, via AP:
BEIJING — A $258 million restoration project is planned for an ancient town where the Great Wall meets the sea, state media reported Thursday.

The project will transform Shanhaiguan, built in 1381 during the Ming Dynasty as a strategic military post to help defend Beijing, the Xinhua News Agency said.

“We will start [...]

March 22nd, 2007 | Tags: | Category: Chinese History | Comments are closed