Well, vacation is over.

How do I know? Well, I got back into Beijing on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday afternoon flew onto Shanghai. Today was my first day of work and any illusions I've had about a gentle slide back into work have been ruthlessly dashed. I didn't so much glide back into work as get fired into it by steam catapult. So it goes. Looks like being a busy 2007.

Still, it's nice to be back in China. There's nothing like the cultural whiplash of going back to the US for a couple of weeks to remind you of all that is both wonderful and obnoxious about life in the middle kingdom.

I'll write more about it in the next few days if I can find the odd moment. I have a couple of things burning holes in my head.

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