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1. Nanjing 1912 is what all of China would look like if Chiang Kai-shek had won the war. 2. Can’t decide which is turning me off more on the Olympics, CCTV 5 turning over all of the air time to Wang Meng or NBC just plowing the Olympic hockey gold storyline right through the snow and into [...] We rolled into Hangzhou early, which was kind of a surprise. My recent experience on T-class trains, shunted aside as the ugly older sister to the vivacious newness of China’s burgeoning high speed network, is that they are forced to wait, silently fuming, as the gleaming bullets of Freudian modernity zip hither and yon, a situation [...] We’re in Tianjin for the New Year holiday and the explosions festivities are already underway. I’m definitely looking forward to our walk back to the hotel tonight when half the city will be drunk out of their minds and either a) lighting off some form of improvised explosive device or b) weaving home in their new Hyundai that they [...] It was bound to happen, but you gotta love the timing…those of us who either yawped with rage (or at the very least smirked knowingly) when Beijing authorities chose last Christmas to sentence Liu Χiaοbο can at least yawp easier knowing that the Obama crew has decided to call the same play. Yep, the much anticipated [...] |
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