Ever wonder what all those Chinese place names really mean? Keep on wondering. Although I’ve taken a map of China’s provinces and some neighboring countries, and translated their names directly into English, you will still be left clueless.
I have to say though, the resulting names are amusing. They remind me of the signs you see […]

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I just got back to the big dirty from a month in Canada. Some picture posts coming up soon that even I’m moderately impressed with. In the meantime I’ll give you a horse of a different colour.
Normally I don’t ever get spam, because my mailbox is protected by the impenetrable shield of Gmail. Since […]

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Ok, I haven’t been nor am I going to go there, but this quote from the Globe and Mail is a whole can of awesome:

The torch crossed London Sunday, constantly surrounded by a dozen burly Chinese guards in blue jumpsuits, who were themselves surrounded by a special torch-protection squad of London Metropolitan Police officers wearing […]

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Oh how I loathe thee. Before I even came, I knew it was going to be about as straightforward as deciphering meaning from a Hu Jintao speech. Forget dealing with the bureaucracy, the language issues, eating things you once thought were poisonous, getting a proper haircut here is by far the hardest thing you’ll have […]

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