Archive > January 2008

make your own Mini-me!

This is easily one of the most amusing things that I have come across in a while. I thought I was immune to the strange and the weird in China, but as usual, I was wrong. In the basement of the Kerry Centre, there is a little red stand. It looks innocuous. Innocent, even.   [...]

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Shakespeare (Abridged!)

Oh dear, I’m getting dreadfully behind on my updates! Here is something that I actually wanted to blog last week, but with my busy schedule, didn’t quite manage it. Last Friday we went to see The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), put on by BITE (Beijing International Theatre & Entertainment) at Cafe Sambal Urban [...]

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coke and ginger for colds

Late Friday, I had a severe allergic reaction to something, and after a panicky, emergency visit to Beijing United in the middle of the night (1100 RMB! but I was completely reassured that nothing was wrong with me beyond an allergic reaction), I woke up the following morning with all the symptoms of the flu. [...]

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China bans free plastic bags!

Today’s mindboggling statistic: Chinese people use up to 3 billion plastic bags a day,  at a cost of 5 million tons (37 million barrels) of crude oil a year for plastic packaging.   Knowing the costs of production and the harm plastic bags inflict on the environment, how can a plastic bag ever be called “free”? [...]

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subway signs

This is a sign from the Beijing authorities prohibiting dangerous items in the subway. Note the artistic twist on 危险品 (flammable items), withthe little flame acting as the first 口 in 品. But this next one is even better, with its eclectically dressed mannequins carrying items of dubious morality.  Both of these signs were found [...]

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beijingology’s 2008 2008

As you can see from this blog’s Beijing linkage, I’m a big fan of the Collected Works of David Feng. David is a one man juggernaut who loves all things Beijing, Macs, China, and technology, and his output is amazingly prolific. A few days ago, he released a PDF sampler from his upcoming 2008 2008, [...]

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dim sum at the Horizon

At this year’s British Embassy Christmas Bazaar, Scott and I had the luck to win a dim sum lunch at the Kerry Centre’s Horizon restaurant. As I have been wanting to introduce Scott to a proper Cantonese dim sum meal, this was a great opportunity. In northern China, Cantonese food and dim sum are considered [...]

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