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October 2006 - Posts

That western ghost festival

Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:06 AM by will
Imagethief would like to wish all readers a happy Halloween. I'm a big fan of Halloween, and not just because I have wretched sweet tooth and rosy memories of childhood evenings spent sifting through pillowcases full of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Pixie Read More...
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Black girls, keep your heads down in Shanghai today

Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:19 AM by will
A friend of mine just sent me a link to a classified ad posted today on Shanghai's " EnjoyClassifieds " website: Black girl around 20 needed Right now we are looking for a black girl around 20 years old for shooting. If interested, pls reply me back or Read More...
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The big-men cometh

Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 4:57 AM by will
Imagethief headed out to The Orchard for a lovely brunch on Sunday morning. Unfortunately, in a mistake that could have been lifted from one of my old Chinese textbook pronunciation drills, my friend who gave the taxi instructions said "Jingcheng Gaosu" Read More...
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A few more good reads

Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 5:04 AM by will
I've been a little crazed at work over the past week, and the next two weeks will be much the same. I've also got some external writing deadlines. All of this means that posting has been a bit light. In fact, October looks like being the lightest posing Read More...
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CNET 41: Blogspot and why the Great Firewall is a good analogy

Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:58 AM by will
Blogspot and why the Great Firewall is a good analogy October 28, 2006 Well, it may be just one of those temporary blips, or it could be that the ever-mercurial Net nanny has decided that Blogspot really is too uncivilized for Chinese Internet users. Read More...
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You ignorant westerners just don't understand our media

Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 12:33 AM by will
Imagethief was interested to stumble upon an International Herald Tribune article yesterday that covered some of Information Minister Cai Wu's comments on foreign perceptions of Chinese media and his own perceptions of the foreign media. The article has Read More...
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CNET 40: China bloggers still anonymous...for now

Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:21 AM by will
China bloggers still anonymous...for now October 26, 2006 Last week reports started flying around that China's Ministry of Information Industry would begin requiring Chinese bloggers to register for their blogs using their real names and ID numbers. With Read More...
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CNET 39: U R sued - Thx!

Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:17 AM by will
U R sued - Thx! October 24, 2006 I noticed an article this morning --in an Indian paper actually-- remarking on how courts in the Chinese city of Nanjing will use SMS services to deliver information to people in the area: The court can provide basic information Read More...
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Monday PR blog: The elephant in the newsroom

Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:37 PM by will
Imagethief was interested to read in yesterday's People's Daily Online a brief article reporting on a conference to address the problems that China's international news organizations face in reaching foreign audiences. The discussion focused on how China Read More...
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Imagethief and the hell of yurts: A Xinjiang travelogue, part three

Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:12 AM by will
It's been five months since I made this trip. Obviously I've not been writing it up at a blazing pace. But here, at long last, is the third instalment. There will be one more. At this pace, you can expect it around Christmas. -Will Previously: Part one: Read More...
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CNET 36, 37 and 38: My policies, Chongqing and E-Bay

Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:42 AM by will
So it's been a busy weekend: CNET 38: Up and down for E-Bay in China Oct 21, 2006 Betting on whether E-Bay will abandon China or not is a popular game in the technology salons of China. The company has had a rough go in China, and is in bitter competition Read More...
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Put down the phone and back away slowly...

Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 2:02 AM by will
In the wake of Chongqing Municipality's recently announced rules to control Internet rumors and spoofing , a translation of an interesting Southern Weekly story from Danwei's Joel Martinsen. The story concerns the arrest of a man for sending a satirical Read More...
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The great Beijing ladybar explosion

Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:41 PM by will
Imagethief isn't big on ladybars. Not, mind you, that I don't appreciate the sight of a sexy woman, or the occasional wallow in utter depravity. It's just that ladybars have never really done it for me. I don't find them arousing or erotic in any way. Read More...
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文明乘飞机 and beware the thirteen irregularities

Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:45 AM by will
The thirteen irregularities sounds to Imagethief like something you might to take a laxative for. But that just goes to show you what an ignorant clod I am, because it's really all about aviation, it turns out. Personally, Imagethief believes that Chinese Read More...
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Ten simple steps to improve Beijing's quality of life

Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:32 AM by will
Beijing is, in most respects, a pretty livable city. True, it has a couple of intractable problems. The air is bad and seems likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. The weather is, with the exception of the glorious but scarce spring and autumn Read More...
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CNET 35: Google hasn't given up on Guge yet

Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:40 AM by will
Google hasn't given up on "Guge" yet October 15, 2006 Or to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. I was interested to read a couple of days ago in the generally useful and interesting China Net Investor blog that Google Read More...
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Chinese tourists in spaaaaace

Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:38 PM by will
Imagethief is repeatedly awed by the ability of Chinese tourism to strip the magic out of nearly any location. I realize that the Chinese are not the only people to have generated obnoxious tourists. My own United States has exported a dismal assortment Read More...
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CNET 34: Wikipedia unblocked in China

Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:08 PM by will
Wikipedia unblocked in China October 13, 2006 After being blocked for a year, Wikipedia is once again accessible from mainland China. For those of us who use it regularly, this is a big relief as we can now say goodbye to the annoyingly slow proxy services Read More...
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Monetize this!

Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 12:34 AM by will
Imagethief is back in Beijing. I survived my holiday with my body intact, but my bank account much damaged, which is pretty much the result of any vacation I take back to Singapore or the United States. As usual, I've arrived back in the office to hundreds Read More...
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On vacation

Posted Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:03 AM by will
After a gruelling, pre-vacation week, Imagethief will be in Singapore for the next eight days, and on a boat next weekend. So there probably won't be too much posting over the next few days. Normal posting will resume after October 10th. For those readers Read More...
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