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beijing & things: all chinese songs considered

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Friday, 25 May 2012. All chinese songs considered. The new Beijing Banter is up! Three leading lights of the Beijing music establishment guide us through the state of the scene, from hermit rock to girl groups to political protest to a band member who supports his musical career working as a train driver in a Wuhan steel factory. With thanks to Marcus M Schneider of Metrowaves, Ami Li of Splitworks and Charles Saliba of Maybe Mars. Http:/ itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beijing-banter/id480670080.

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beijing & things: a mirror for princelings part I - a gloss on the world bank's china 2030 report

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Tuesday, 28 February 2012. A mirror for princelings part I - a gloss on the world bank's china 2030 report. Yesterday the World Bank in association with an influential Chinese think tank (the DRC) released a highly anticipated report entitled 'China 2030: Building a modern, harmonious and creative high income society.' This kind of advice document has a long provenance - in medieval europe they were known as specula principum. With access to contemporary, state-of-the-art product and process technologies...

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beijing & things: a mirror for princelings part III: promoting social values and high moral standards

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Thursday, 1 March 2012. A mirror for princelings part III: promoting social values and high moral standards. I'm pretty sure this following nugget didn't come from the World Bank team; I don't think even that paternalistic institution considers its role to include prescriptions about the moral standards of a society. Tags: a mirror for princelings. 12 March 2012 at 11:28. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A mirror for princelings. Hong kong; internships. Factory; labour; 北京. Look of the day. And boutiq...

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beijing & things: beijing welcomes you, decent foreigners

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Thursday, 24 May 2012. Beijing welcomes you, decent foreigners. And all round charming CCTV news anchor Yang Rui:. In the meantime, this frankly bizarre page. 24 May 2012 at 17:15. Ive seen similar things on renren.com. I logged in a few days ago to see a banner that read 老外！请放尊重些！‘. It was a link to a page filled largely with users anti-foreigner posts and videos of foreigners committing crimes in China. 24 May 2012 at 17:22. 24 May 2012 at 20:13. 25 May 2012 at 08:25. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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beijing & things: the cook-off

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Monday, 26 March 2012. On Saturday afternoon, Chuck and I loaded up the car with chili, fixins and a chocolate stout cake (for our loyal supporters) and headed over to Great Leap Brewery for the Back Alley Chili Cookoff. The moment of judgement arrived.the judges' choice and the peoples' choice (based on a vote) were announced. And we did great! Well, out of 10 contestants we were runners up in both categories, and the No. 1 in each was different - it'll do.for a first attempt anyhow haha! Look of the day.

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beijing & things: in memory of Charles Hwa

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Wednesday, 30 May 2012. In memory of Charles Hwa. It’s impossible for us to know what happens after death, but at least we can be sure that whatever it is, wherever we go, Charles must be in a better place, because someone so special and always so good to all those around him couldn’t be somewhere bad. Rest in peace Charles, you are in our prayers. 30 May 2012 at 14:20. A kinder, gentler friend Ive not known yet,. So hard to lose but harder to forget. 10 September 2013 at 15:18. A mirror for princelings.

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beijing & things: two wonderful, thoughtful films

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Thursday, 26 April 2012. Two wonderful, thoughtful films. Two superb and unusual recent films worth watching: Black Pond and Monsieur Lazhar - the first is about a middle class British family who are accused of inviting an odd local old fellow over for tea and murdering him, the second about a genteel Algerian with traditional ideas in Montreal who takes over an elementary school class whose last teacher hung herself in their classroom. Wonderful, thoughtful stuff. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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beijing & things: a mirror for princelings part II: from imitator to innovator

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Tuesday, 28 February 2012. A mirror for princelings part II: from imitator to innovator. One of the most interesting paragraphs so far in Chapter II has concerned shifting role of government as China reaches the 'technology frontier.'. Changing the development model is urgent because, as an economy approaches the tech- nology frontier and exhausts the potential for acquiring and applying technology from abroad, the role of the government needs to change fundamentally. It's difficult to see exactly on wha...

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beijing & things: Eric X. Li vs Minxin Pei on China and Democracy

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Tuesday, 31 July 2012. Eric X. Li vs Minxin Pei on China and Democracy. Below are my live reactions to the video:. Minxin Pei paints a picture around 34 minutes of a split between party elites fueled by social discontent that will be the start of a transition to multi-party democracy. Sounds a bit optimistic - that kind of split would be more likely to turn very nasty than herald political reform. MXP - democracy will happen in China within 10-15yrs from now. EXL - political liberty/rights come from men,...

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beijing & things: nicolas anelka and a chili cook-off

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Saturday, 17 March 2012. Nicolas anelka and a chili cook-off. It's not too clear, but you should be able to see the phalanx of riot police on the right of this photo - these guys were everywhere. In other news, to really get the most out of my last week of lounging around at home before I start a new job at Dragonomics next week, I've entered a chili cook-off. Any tips from readers on their chili secrets would be gratefully received in the comment section! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).