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Is China More Free Than America?

Seven years ago today this question would have been ridiculous. Time has a way of changing things, though, and the day that the answer to this question is ‘yes’ may be closer than anyone would have thought possible. What kind of... ...full story at The China Expat

from The China Expat on Thu, Sep 11 2008

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22 Apr 09 visit And the winner is...  »  Shanghaiist ...@samgaskin, for his hilarious (and kind of sexy!) tweet: "I’d buy Natalie Portman 2 tattoos. On her left thigh RITZ & her right CARLTON but I’d use retroactive ink so they’re in Closer" as an answer to Ctrip's question: If we gave you...
21 Jul 08 visit It Lengthens, It Strengthens, It’s Olympic!  »  Peking Duck Collector’s Edition Fuwa Condoms: Fuwas ‘Beibei,’ ‘Jingjing,’ ‘Huanhuan,’ ‘Yingying,’ and ‘Nini’ are the new darlings of the Olympics! The Fuwas represent the hopes and dreams of the...
06 Jan 09 visit ‘To Collapse or Not To Collapse’ Is Not The Question  »  Mutant Palm Rebecca Mackinnon has started a public wiki for predictions about China in ‘09. The first entry is a post by Daniel Drezner whose blog just migrated to Foreign Policy. Drezner cites the recent Charter ‘08 manifesto signed by hundreds of...
15 Jul 07 visit Let’s play I-Spy in China!  »  Lost Laowai Here’s a variation on the common “I spy” game, which might already be familiar to anyone who grew up in Britain and knows the ‘I-SPY’ children’s book series, such as ‘I-SPY in the Street’, ‘I-SPY Cars’,...
30 Jul 08 visit Things to love about Beijing…  »  Peking Duck It’s hardly an exhaustive list and is mostly based on observations and experiences from the past week or so, but I thought I’d jot down a few of my favorite things about the ‘Jing. Beijing parks in the early morning.  Jingshan, Beihai...

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