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Humorless heat hassles Hashers

Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 6:08 AM by will
Back when he lived in Singapore many of Imagethief's friends used to run with the Hash House Harriers, the "drinking club with a running problem". Imagethief, being a solitary, sober runner used to give that miss. But it did sound like a sloshing good Read More...
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I must be getting complacent...

Posted Sunday, April 20, 2008 6:58 AM by will
Imagethief likes to keep at least one bottle of good Scotch whiskey in the house at all times, in case of emergency. Like friends coming over. My last bottle, which I received for my 40th, way back last October, is finally down to the dregs (I don't drink Read More...
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Two cool new blogs

Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 6:08 AM by will
I'm not generally disposed to point to new blogs other than adding them to my blogroll because I assume you're all already reading Danwei and China Law Blog , both of which do that sort of thing much more regularly than I do. However in this case I'm Read More...
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Pardon me if I don't salute China's plastic bag ban

Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 6:35 AM by will
To look at the news surrounding China's recent announcement of a ban on thin plastic bags you'd think the gates to environmental heaven had just swung open. I'm sure I could see those very gates if the air outside my office windows wasn't full of nitrogen Read More...
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Chinese innovation brings us one step closer to green eggs and ham

Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:09 PM by will
Yes, it's more fluorescent, green pigs. Details here (AP) and here (Xinhua). It used to be when you saw a green, glowing pig you automatically assumed a nuclear accident nearby. How times have changed. Naturally, this will all yield great benefits for Read More...
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Googling for weirdness in China

Posted Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:50 AM by will
From the China Daily , here are the top ten Google searches in China for 2007: Interesting (also for what it says about the English speaking world), but the real gem in this article is right down at the bottom, where they list the top English language Read More...
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A few stories to start the new year

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:56 AM by will
I am ringing in 2008 by being officially too lazy to write anything original. But here are a few interesting stories from the past few days that are worth a read: And I thought Aussies were relaxed Controversy in Australia, which has announced the implementation Read More...
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Bad air

Posted Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:06 PM by will
There is really little new that can be said about Beijing's air pollution, so I am generally reluctant to write about it. Nevertheless, I feel the last couple of days merit special notice. It has been bad. It has been bad in a way that the word "bad" Read More...
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China moon photos: That's all the conspiracy theory you can manage?

Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 2:35 AM by will
It must really chafe the Chinese Department of Moonshots, or whatever bureaucracy owns the lunar program, that Chinese netizens have been questioning the authenticity of their moon photo. Surely they would have expected to be derided by arrogant foreigners Read More...
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Tell Imagethief what Beijing's ugliest new buildings are

Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 8:00 PM by will
Strolling down Chang'an Avenue recently I was struck by how much of central Beijing's recent construction is, well, nasty. Seriously: Jianwai Soho, Twins Mall, Wanda, it's all transforming the Boulevard into one long strip of gleaming, mixed-use wreckage Read More...
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Hairy crabs, the hill of pain and the boulevard of a thousand massage touts

Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:14 AM by will
Imagethief went for a hike with some good friends on Sunday. Hiking is one of the things that I was sorry to give up when I moved to Shanghai, and that I've been most eager to rediscover upon my return. In Shanghai you can drive for days through the industrial Read More...
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Further adventures in glamorous international travel

Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 10:17 AM by will
Having arrived in Macau, the romance continues. First was immigration, where the lines crawled as officers stamped arriving passengers in with the indifferent sloth that seemed circa Vietnam, 1996. My immigration officer painstakingly inspected every Read More...
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Reconsidering a glamorous life of international travel

Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 8:25 AM by will
In the cold and revealing light of hindsight it seems that aspiring to a life of international travel and adventure was, perhaps, not the wisest possible choice. This revelation dawned upon Imagethief this afternoon as he patrolled Beijing’s Capital International Read More...
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Deconstructing the White Rabbit wrapper

Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:36 AM by will
Imagethief has rather a sweet tooth. Hence my long acquaintance with the gym and the pleasures of the long run. One of China's under-appreciated pleasures is the enamel-stripping joy of a chewy White Rabbit Milk Candy. I'm not the first to be smitten, Read More...
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You know you're back in China when (part 2)

Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:19 PM by will
A good friend of mine pointed out that a post I put up the day I got back from Italy and that remarked on a soaring fistfight that broke out near my apartment has disappeared. I didn't even realize it. Lest anyone feel that this was a craven act of self-censorship Read More...
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