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September 2007 - Posts

Three Announcements

Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:15 AM by will
Imagethief has three announcements that he wants to share with readers. 1) Mrs. Imagethief is pregnant And when I find the guy who did it, I’ll kill him! Seriously, it’s pretty good news for us. We’ve wanted to start a family for a while, and are pleased Read More...
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A taxiing ordeal

Posted Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:56 AM by will
Imagethief has once again found himself commuting between Beijing and Shanghai. This is always an ordeal, and not just because Air China economy class seats ruin my lower back. Last night I arrived at Hongqiao Airport at 730PM to find the taxi line at Read More...
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The last word on "Incorruptible Warrior"

Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:26 PM by will
The Wall Street Journal yesterday ran a story on the brief life and quiet death of the computer game "Incorruptible Warrior", which was developed by Ningbo City government to help educate wayward youth about proper civic values. Apparently proper civic Read More...
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Feeling crabby about harmony

Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:57 PM by will
Here's an interesting and funny post from Rebecca MacKinnon on some puns circulating around the Chinese Internet as means of avoiding some of the shotgun keyword filtering and scrutiny that is used to manage undesirable content. Further proof that a little Read More...
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Imagethief speaking at AmCham Beijing on September 19th

Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:44 PM by will
Imagethief will be joining a panel on the business of blogging at AmCham Beijing on Wednesday, September 19th. I'm actually on the second of two panels. The first is on "digital influence" and will feature Sam Flemming of CIC , Andrew Lih , David Wolf Read More...
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Why aren't you drinking the Wang Lao Ji?

Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:25 PM by will
Imagethief spent a busy two days helping some representatives of a European country manage a last minute press conference. This was a sudden request that had resulted in 36 hours of breakneck work involving much frantic communication, central European Read More...
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My husband has left you ten million dollars and some Olympic tickets in Nigeria

Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:13 AM by will
Imagethief was interested to read in a CRI Online story that BOCOG's Olympic ticket notifications are being treated as spam by certain e-mail services: People who have applied to purchase Olympic tickets are reminded to pay special attention to their Read More...
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Danwei's model workers

Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:09 PM by will
A note of thanks to the editors of Danwei for including Imagethief in this year's list of "model workers" (good blogs). I point readers at this not just because they were kind enough to list me --after all, you're already reading this-- but because it's Read More...
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Is China just going through what the US once did?

Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:24 AM by will
Via David Wolf's Peking Review, an interesting article from the Boston Globe analyzing China's current quality and regulatory problems and comparing them to what the US went through in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It's a few days old, but I Read More...
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Because you haven't suffered enough: In-flight mobile phone service

Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 10:08 PM by will
As a regular user of China's domestic airlines, Imagethief has learned the hard way that Chinese air travel is simply the bus travel of the twenty-first century. It's been a painful process for someone who still recalls flying Pan-Am from San Francisco Read More...
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Great podcast with China Law Blog's Steve Dickinson

Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 6:19 AM by will
Technomic Asia has a great podcast interview with Steve Dickinson of Harris & Moure, the company behind the indispensable China Law Blog . It's a fascinating discussion for anyone doing in business in China, and provides some interesting insight into Read More...
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The only way to settle the Shaolin vs. Ninja debate

Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 1:26 AM by will
Imagethief appreciates that, in the midst of these troubled times for Chinese foreign policy, attention can still be spared for the really important issues. The Beijing News has reported that the kung-fu monks of fabled Shaolin Temple have taken umbrage Read More...
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Murdoch's sinister plan or just a travel book?

Posted Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:17 PM by will
Imagethief was interested to stumble across an AP article revealing that Rupert Murdoch's Harper Collins imprint has purchased the rights to a travel book originally published by a Chinese press affiliated with the People's Liberation Army Air Force: Read More...
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Why patriotism won't save the Chinese film industry

Posted Sunday, September 02, 2007 6:43 AM by will
Imagethief was intrigued to read in an AP article a week or two ago that Han Sanping, Chairman of the government-backed China Film Group, has called for more patriotism in Chinese movies. Han minced no words, saying: "The reality of this country's economic Read More...
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