ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing

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Sep 14, 2008 wangbo

This article (via Danwei), well, one point near the beginning irritated me: To my taste,

Sep 14, 2008 wangbo

Typical. The irritating sinus trouble I’ve been having since the start of the Olympics would

I almost forgot, I mean, I’m just a little bit shattered after re-entry into the

Sep 7, 2008 wangbo

blah……. Yeah, it wasn’t much. I liked the kids in Tiananmen Square doing the countdown,

Sep 6, 2008 wangbo

This piece begins with a masterful recounting of a bullfight in which the both the

So what does one do when the TV simply stops? I mean, just stops? Suddenly,

Sep 3, 2008 wangbo

See how cool my university is? We’ve got China’s youngest grad student! 中国最小研究生北工大报到父母来京陪读 China’s

So that’s that. It’s all over now. Well, until the Paralympics. Don’t forget we still

Aug 24, 2008 wangbo

I’m really too tired, after a few nights of poor sleep and seven straight days

I have absolutely no intention of reading, let alone translating, this article, but the headline