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Another brick in the wall

U.S Senator Sam Brownback, claims that some Beijing hotels had their arms twisted on their back and was forced to install surveillance equipment to spy on their guests Internet usage. At a conference he handed out translated documents to back his claims. According to the documents, hotels who fail to comply with the instructions will […]

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Check it out

A very cool t-shirt Should have worn it last summer. I would have earned roughly 100kuai just on “hellos”.

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Dismayed – I was wrong about OL

I’ve always been of the opinion that China should get the Olympics. I felt it would pull China towards better hnm@n r!ghts and more fred0m of sqeech. Right now I am not so sure. Actually I have to admit that I was wrong, and now feel the opposite. A feeling I don’t quite like. From […]

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Those where the days

Just found a picture at The Opposite End of China, that reminded me of exactly how the chicken feet I ate back in China looked. Nails and everything.   Fancy a bite anyone?

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China Blog Ring

Finally got around to doing what Ryan has been to busy to do: I adjusted the China Blog Ring gadget that was in my sidebar, so it fits WP themes with narrow sidebar margins. This is what I’m talking about: Old look New look Actually I’m pretty happy with the result. Not only do it […]

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Let the good times roll….

So C has vacation atm. Her exam is over, and she is waiting to start her new vacation job. So how does she spend her time? Well, she’s not a lazy woman, so she keeps the place clean and does not insist that I help as usually. I like it. It won’t kill all the […]

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Storm before the quake?

Seems that the quake does wonders for the Chinese spindoctors (or lack of same) these days. There haven’t been much Olympic Games/China bashing going on in the press, as the quake in Sichuan have claimed all headlines. Think it was a much needed breather anyway. I wonder if it can hold until this summer?

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Summer school

Yet one of them popular follow-ups on our trip to China the summer of 2007. My wife’s sister is a private tutor in writing and drawing. She’s very talented at drawing and as I later found out, she also writes beautifully. She works through all vacations and weekends to make an extra buck. When we […]

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Yes, I work here. well – sort of

A few days from now, C’s father has birthday. We want to send him some money, as it is way easier than buying a gift, sending it and wait for it to arrive. I should have known better. To send money there are 2 obvious options: Either by regular mail (will take about 7-11 days) […]

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I told you so

Yet another of those popular follow-ups on our trip to China the summer of 2007. Have you ever had a discussion about how to do things with your wife/girlfriend? A discussion where you knew that no matter what you said it would be futile? I am talking about discussions where you know you’re right, because […]

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New category

Today I added a new category to make my first posts easy to find. These are all from my first trip to Shenzhen/China where I met C for the first time. The meeting and later Justins blog – Shenzhen Zen – was what spurred my interest in blogging. The category can be found on the […]

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Not just in China, but

As promised (threatened) a follow-up on my first visit at my parents-in-law the summer 2007. This is the entrance to the courtyard where C’s sister’s apartment was located. Back when we were in Yilan this was where we lived. Every day we had to go through the stupid mini-maze to the left (look at the […]

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Shout – shout… let it all out!

As promised (threatened) a follow-up on my first visit at my parents-in-law the summer 2007. In the summer you would constantly hear an infernal screaming of the word: “Pingau” (not sure how it’s spelled correctly). At first I didn’t notice it much other than one of the many new sounds that filled the air in […]

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Its not like I sold out… is it?

Before I went to China I would have sworn never to wear sandals. I held my word sort of. After a few days C’s father felt so sorry for my fat feet that he bought a pair of plastic slippers for me. In 30+ degrees warm dusty weather where even the Chinese sweat, you know […]

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Numbers

As promised (threatened) a follow-up on my first visit at my parents-in-law the summer 2007. Everywhere we went in the city of Yilan, we were greeted by massive writing of numbers. Almost like graffiti it was written on everything you could imagine. Billboards, walls, houses, stairs well everywhere. I found it pretty odd, so I […]

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Buckle up

As promised (threatened) a follow-up on my first visit at my parents-in-law the summer 2007. I know safety is not a big issue in China, but is there any reason why seatbelts are impossible to use it when they are finally present? The back of the bus seats in front of ours. Picture taken from our bus trip from […]

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China 2007

I pulled my self together and made a new category containing everything I wrote on our trip to China (July 2007). You can find all entries in the sidebar named China trip July 2007 (the first entry can be found here if you want to read it in the right order).

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The following url….

….is worth a read: Yale Professor Criticizes Wide Spread Plagiarism at Peking University

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Last old/new pictures from our vacation

Not sure how it happened, but seems that I finally pulled myself up by the hair and sorted and uploaded the last pictures from our vacation in China. Don’t have much energy to make captions, and not sure I ever will, but guess I will make a follow-up about some of the stories behind the […]

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As heard in a random Danish home

Peter: I’m hungry Wife: I’m not hungry Peter: But it’s soon 17.00, what did you eat before I came home? Wife: Nothing But I drank a big glass of juice. Peter (looking at the empty glass with blood red traces): Juice? Looks more like red wine to me. Wife: No it was juice. I mixed […]

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