Daily Archives: July 6, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-06

i love adium but i don;’t get why there is a new update every 2 days # http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90857/90862/6442916.html No drinks other than Coca-Cola allowed at offical Olympics venues? # http://tinyurl.com/68h2q7 Shanghai airlines flight to Beijing big turbulence, 20 injured # … Continue reading

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Movies that I’ve watched: La Pointe Courte

It’s amazing the kind of stiuff that you find at your local DVD shops in Shanghai especially if that shop., like the one that I go to, is run by a guy that is into art films and therefore stocks … Continue reading

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Movies I’ve Watched: In Bruges

In Bruges Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes If you take a cursory look at what the people on Rotten Tomatoes are saying you’d find htat most people have a generally positive take on this film, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan … Continue reading

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Only in China do you do autopsies in front of the house of the deceased…

Li Shufen, the girl whose mysterious and contested death was the cause of the Weng’an incident of June 28, has had yet another autopsy performed on her corpse, this time in front of her house where naturally, as is the … Continue reading

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Three elderly Hainan residents protest government use of land

What’s interesting about this is that their land was taken and used for a police sub-station (pai chu suo), but that was not something recent, but rather happened way back in 1974. They felt they were shafted then, and kept … Continue reading

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Movies I’ve watched: Besieged City (???

If you’re a fan of the “gutter-trawling” alienated youths genre of film, you should find this one enjoyable: and I did not intend to be ironic there, because I actually think this was a good film. The story centers around … Continue reading

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Beijing official Olympics car and traffic lanes

Maybe I’m just a China hater and maybe the pictures are no goodbut putting these logos on the lane, from a purely aesthetic perspective, seems to suck. Maybeif i go to Beijing during Olympics time I will take a look … Continue reading

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Early photos of Beijing Apple Store…

which is supposed to be open on July 19th, in time for the Olympics. The article is a bit skeptical about the chances of it opening given the shape that the place is in right now…still excited about it, at … Continue reading

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