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

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Oct 7, 2012 wangbo

I found Matt’s take on Weibo’s place in Chinese civil society quite intriguing, but there’s

July 21, the day of That Big Rain, the storm that wiped out Fangshan, we

We bowled up to Terminal 3 with plenty of time, dressed in our best compromise

It was one of those slightly disconcerting descents when all you can see is solid

And so we’re preparing to celebrate the advent of the year of the tiger down

Note: This was written on Saturday afternoon, but just before I hit ‘publish’, New Zealand

After a thoroughly exhausting semester, what I really needed was a break. Not too long

We got back from Qingdao last night, arriving at Beijing South Station about 8:30ish. We

Finally got a chance to sleep in this morning, and it felt good. Especially because

These days Linfen/临汾 is more notorious for pollution and brick kiln slavery and the mudslides