Category Archives: China

Seasonal verse

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Andrew

Following from a discussion on Twitter. Spring’s Herald A milky grey of soot and sand, winter-wind-whipped ’cross the land, is shooting through the hutongs bare, with chill, with spit, with spite. For many months we’ve faced the gloom: The dead … Continue reading →

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Shanghai Lester School & Technical Institute

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Andrew

Discovered today on a bike ride – the former Lester School & Technical Institute, now the Shanghai Seamen’s Hospital. The rest of the neighbourhood isn’t in great shape; quite a bit has been torn down for the (extremely convenient) Xinjian … Continue reading →

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On Yan’an Lu

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Andrew

My bike requires repairs. I have been taking too many taxis. To a Shanghai taxi O coach of völkisch birth, to you I plead: Your pilot’s callused hands and leaden hooves beget in me a dread of mortal speed; The … Continue reading →

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邮件诗

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Andrew

The post office has not delivered my mail in approximately five months. 生日卡没来， 杂志没收到。 我向邮局问： 邮件在何地？ 我问国安部： 它为何没到？ 但邮局无知， 国安部无德， 邮递速如蜗。 去你的。 去你的。  

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Seen on the ride home

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Andrew

June 4, 2009, shortly before 7:00 p.m. Location: People’s Square, Shanghai. A police van with a bewildering array of cameras, lights, whizzing bits and oddly bulbous domes is parked near a large crowd. The van’s side door is slightly ajar. … Continue reading →

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Musings on peanut butter

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Andrew

I’m a big fan of China’s many regional cuisines, which provide a nearly endless array of mouth-watering dishes: solid, proletarian Beijing dumplings, grilled lamb skewers from Muslim western China, delicately steamed fish from Hong Kong, sweet Shanghainese “red-cooked” pork, fantastic … Continue reading →

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The Shanghai Beat

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Andrew

From a friend (and hosted on Danwei), a new show on urban life in Shanghai: “The Shanghai Beat”. The first episode features a tour of Shanghai’s gay scene. More to come…

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The Beijing Left Turn

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Andrew

This explanation (with diagrams!) of cars at a Beijing intersection making a left turn is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while. Substitute a Volkswagen Santana for the Hyundai if you’re in Shanghai, and add a couple … Continue reading →

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A letter to BOCOG

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Andrew

I was visiting the Web site of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) a few weeks ago, and was disappointed to find that the weather conditions in Beijing — temperature and wind speed — were given only … Continue reading →

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Shanghai hits the max

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Andrew

As of 4:30 pm, Monday, April 2, 2007: The “500″ is for respirable particulates. The other numbers are concentrations of Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide, respectively. Taken from the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center. I’m not sure if this is a … Continue reading →

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