Yes you can Today I received my copy of I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert from amazon.cn. At 160 RMB, it’s more or less the same price as at amazon.com, which I find remarkable. Mos...

…that the the official Beijing 2008 game is not available in mainland China. I’ve been trying to find out where I can buy an Xbox 360 or a Playstation 3, but it seems that ones that are being sold...

Beijing harnesses the surfeit energy of retirees

From Xinhua today: A father complained about tainted milk powder after his 13-year-old daughter developed kidney stones after drinking the powdered milk in May. The Department of Health of Gansu P...

Oh, lies.

Ine had some laptop problems and I’ve spent the last evening of my holiday trying to fix them. Things I’ve learned, in chronological order: Ubuntu live CD rulez: I was able to find corrupt...

Finally, an article appeared in the western media that might be a first step to set the record straight when it comes to the pollution in Beijing: IOC chief plays down pollution fears. Take it fro...

Fareed Zakaria: “To say that this new China is the same as the old (meaning Mao’s totalitarian state) is to be ignorant, ideological, or both.” Washington Post online

Internet Explorer Firefox The Turkish embassy in Beijing has a trojan horse virus on their website. No, I’m not kidding.