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On How I Fisted Gong Li

I know I’ll write about people spitting…er hang on. OK, I’ll write about how I struggle through the streets of a Chinese city on bicycle every morning…hmm. Eureka! I’ll write about wandering around Beijing’s fast-disappearing hutongs and the... ...full story at Sinocidal

from Sinocidal on Mon, Nov 12 2007

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12 Dec 07 visit Ratso Takes to the Streets  »  China Expat Hold on; I’ll wait ‘til you’re done parking. read more
02 Feb 09 visit Sea lion trained to write in Chinese  »  Shanghaiist If you ever find yourself in Ningbo (about a two hour distance from Shanghai), check out their zoo. The staff have reportedly trained a sea lion to write a word in Chinese. Peter, a six-year-old male, can now write 牛 (bull), and sign off on his work wi...
27 May 08 visit Banks ordered to write off bad loans  »  People's Daily The banking regulator yesterday ordered domestic banks to write off bad loans caused by the devastating earthquake. The write-offs are to reduce the mortgage burden of survivors and help reconstruction efforts in Sichuan, the China Banki ...
15 Sep 07 visit The stupidity of things past  »  Granite Studio Interesting post on the academic blog, New Kid on the Hallway ("The Glory of Progress") about the tendency by students and even some scholars to assume that because people from the past didn't write what we would write or think the way we would think,...
20 Jun 07 visit The Long March to Law Firm Success In China  »  China Law Blog I know if I write on something relatively neutral and light like Chinese food or great Presidents I will get a lot of comments and no e-mails. I know if I write on a highly technical legal subject I will get just a few comments and a few probing...

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