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Happy Birthday to Us.

A not so special day is fast approaching in a rickety old rickshaw with a few cases of lager and a couple of bottles of Buckfast strapped to the back. One year ago on November 19th, the large, sweaty loins of the Internet opened up and after a few... ...full story at Sinocidal

from Sinocidal on Sat, Nov 17 2007

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16 Aug 08		Happy Birthday in Beijing » YouTube videoAmber Campbell USA Hammer Thrower Sang me a special Happy Birthday Song
29 Apr 07		Happy Birthday! » Granite Studio I just wanted to wish my sister Abby back in Vermont a happy birthday. Abby is a kick ass musician on the New England circuit but has yet to make the hop over to the land of baozi and baijiu. Hopefully we can cajole her into dropping by Beijing for a...
17 Nov 08		The Historical Record for November 17: Happy Birthday, Sima Guang » Granite Studio Today is the birthday of Song Dynasty über-historian Sima Guang,* born November 17, 1019, compiler and author of voluminous works including the Zizhi Tongjian (”Comprehensive Mirror on the Government”), a historical tour de force with 2...
24 Jan 07		the 19th CNNIC report is out » Virtual China I see from Danwei that CNNIC has released its 19th China Internet report with data to the end of 2006. Chinese copies available here. It seems that the rate of Internet growth is increasing rather than leveling off this year. They have some good new stats...
24 Sep 08		Police crack empty bottles theft case » Shanghai Daily TWO security guards and eight accomplices have been detained after the theft of tons of empty beer bottles from premises in Changsha, in central China’s Hunan Province. The beer bottles and cases stolen from Tsingdao...
01 Jul 08		Happy Birthday, CCP! » Peking Duck July frst - the anniversary of the CCP; Canada Day; birthday of Princes Diana, and of me, too. I will celebrate by working all day in a cubicle in Haidian (which I love). Thanks for staying with me during a busy year of erratic blogging.

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