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The Final Countdown

The Scene: The underground overground Wombling free base of an evil megalomaniac bent on world domination; complete with men in shiny suits driving golf buggies and sharks fitted with laser beam helmets.  Our hero, James Surname, knocks out an underlin... ...full story at Sinocidal

from Sinocidal on Tue, Sep 11 2007

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21 Aug 08 visit Olympics: Creative Protest China illegal Occupation in Tibet  »  YouTube videoJames Powderly, the co-founder of art group Graffiti Research Lab, was held by Chinese authorities early Tuesday, according to a statement from Students for a Free Tibet posted on its website. He had been preparing to use a handheld green laser to beam...
19 Oct 07 visit Laser scanning helps reconstruction of China's imperial garden  »  People's Daily Construction experts are to scan the ruins of Beijing's Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, with three-dimensional laser technology in order to rebuild some of the original buildings. The laser scanning had helped complete the final ...
25 Jun 07 visit Freedom, Beijing Style  »  Shanghai Journal One of my projects while in Beijing is to research and experience the city’s notorious “underground” live music scene.  The scene is not that underground really--for several years now clubs have been operating in the open, featuring...
17 May 07 visit Ratforce3 Xinjiang Alpha Squad, Attack!  »  Opposite End of China The grasslands in northern Xinjiang's Altai Mountains are under attack by determined radical forces bent on death and destruction by any available means to achieve their goal of world domination! Yes, I'm talking about rats... despised worldwide for their...
12 Dec 07 visit Interview: DJ Dex aka Nomadico of Underground Resistance  »  Shanghaiist Underground Resistance's first foray into mainland China last Saturday at The Shelter was truly a significant milestone for Shanghai's underground scene. DJ Dex aka Nomadico unleashed a set that's been described as a "real history lesson in dance music" ...
15 Apr 08 visit Friday Night Underground: Online TV show about Shanghai's live music scene  »  Shanghaiist Andy Best and Cameron Hirst of Temple Gates feature the very first edition of their show Friday Night Underground which offers us a slice of Shanghai's underground live music scene with female band The Happy Strings performing at Windows Tembo live music...

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