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It’s been brought to my attention that I’m not updating enough, so much so that friends have begun to worry that something has happened to me (sorry Zak!). Something has happened to me, and more on that later, but that is not the reason for my... ...full story at Humanaught

from Humanaught on Wed, Sep 30 2009

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26 Oct 08 visit see what happened on the 26th October, 2008  »  YouTube videothis happend in a beijing community called wanxiangxintian, a conflict happened in the afternoon between environment protecter and the police of the government.
11 Sep 07 visit Dudes With Vaginas  »  Sinocidal I’ve only sat through one soccer game on TV in my whole life. I’m reminded of this because today is opening day of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Hangzhou (and some other cities) Don’t worry,I’m not going to write about the...
31 Jan 09 visit Character Check!  »  Sinosplice On the historic eve of Obama’s inauguration, I just happened to run into these two signs, both on Tongren Lu (铜仁路). Notice anything strange? (And for extra points, do you know where I saw these? If you’re a foreigner living in Sha...
16 Jun 08 visit Chinese web “participation gap”: response to Jenkins  »  Virtual China This is an older post from a conversation that happened back in February. But since it’s so interesting, and I did the work of translating it, I thought I’d post it now, months later. Enjoy. MIT professor Henry Jenkins post on China’s...
26 Apr 07 visit A religion in need of good samaritans  »  Lost Laowai A couple of weeks ago I saw something that I’ve been trying to make sense of ever since. Here’s what happened: I was on a bus here in Suzhou, which drew up to a set of traffic lights at an intersection. To my right, on the corner of the road,...
13 Aug 08 visit While You Were Sleeping: August 13  »  China Journal Every day for the rest of the Games, Journal reporter Adam Thompson will recap notable Olympic events that happened overnight for readers in the U.S. and elsewhere: The headlines from Wednesday’s women’s gymnastics team competition are...

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