http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com Musings and Meditations from Red China Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:49:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the last post at the old location. Zhongnanhai has moved to bigger and better digs, over at http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com. Instead of me rambling on about things, I’ve also recruited a couple of other media writers that write much more interesting blog posts! Be sure to change your bookmarks, RSS feeds, ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/07/30/zhongnanhai-has-moved/ I am hoping, very soon, to be free of this weight which is the GFW. Thanks to the help of Dan over at China Law Blog, I may have found a solution to my hosting woes, which should make this site much more accessible in China. If anybody else ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/07/25/china-makes-canadas-cellphone-coverage-look-like-the-third-world/ We’ve all been here long enough to have experienced rude service, be it in a restaurant, bar, or even on the street. I’ve had friends blow their tops at times, and I can totally empathize. I’m known as one of the most patient people around, but even I ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/07/18/dealing-with-chinas-finest-customer-service-people/ There are definitely things I miss about Shanghai. The subway has air conditioning, for example. My daily walk through the historic French Concession, complete with its narrow, tree-lined streets and small xiaolongbao vendors was much more pleasant than my loud, polluted jaunt through Beijing’s CBD. But one piece of Shanghai ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/07/12/element-fresh-heading-north/ It’s unfortunate, but such is life in the Chinese blogosphere. I am hoping to move the site to a private server in the near future. Thank you to everyone who has stopped by. There is lots going on in China these days, and lots to blog about. Unfortunately ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/07/10/zhongnanhai-gets-zapped-by-the-gfw/ China’s rural areas are falling behind; The economic boom in the cities isn’t being heard in the countryside Times Colonist (Victoria) Sunday, June 24, 2007 Page: D2 Section: Comment Byline: Cam MacMurchy Column: Cam MacMurchy Source: Special to Times Colonist My cab ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/06/24/turning-a-poor-rural-village-into-a-model-for-environmental-sustainability/ Two items to pass along this afternoon. I was surprised and a little bemused to see a notice going out in this week’s That’s Beijing weekly newsletter.  Under the June 22 events column, I found this: » Quebec National ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/06/24/meddling-in-canadas-internal-affairs-and-theres-something-about-mao/ I have already staked out my claim on the 2008 presidential election, and perhaps I was the earliest guy to do so. That being said, other factors can shake up the race, and we are getting lots of other factors.  Over the past couple of weeks Fred Thompson has emerged ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/06/21/bloomberg-and-thompson-shake-up-presidential-race/ So there I was, in a taxi with one of my colleagues. We were discussing the merits of Beijing and Shanghai, something of which I touched on earlier but hope to explore more fully in the future.  He said he loves Beijing, and wants to live in Shanghai following ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/poor-misunderstood-guangzhou/ Just a quick update this morning, as I rush around trying to pick up luggage from Shanghai. I went to the small village of Wushan, Hubei Province last week.  The village has turned itself into an eco-village led by the Beijing Green Cross. The transformation in the village has been astounding ... http://zhongnanhai.blogsome.com/2007/06/17/sunday-morning-meditations-and-musings/