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April 2003 Archives

SARS Shanghai - April Review Apr 30, 2003
It is the worst of time. April is the hard time for people in China - among the worst in my life (26 years). The impact to everyone's life is comparable with the year of 1989 and the flood in...
Daily Life - SARS Related III Apr 29, 2003
Chat with taxi driver for the third time Taxi drivers are among the most sensitive people for any changes in the city. I initialized achat with the third taxi driver after SARS hit the city. If you still remember, the...
My Dinner Impacted by SARS Apr 28, 2003
I went to a Taiwanese restaurant for dinner at about 8:00 PM. It seems the regulation of "wearing masks for all dining industry staff" is well executed. All the staff are wearing masks - the small thin paper-made masks. This...
WHO Reports Shanghai Findings Apr 27, 2003
Preliminary findings of the WHO Shanghai team A WHO team of six experts, in Shanghai since Monday, has provided a preliminary report of its findings. The team was invited by Shanghai authorities to assess the SARS situation in China’s second...
Daily Life - SARS Related II Apr 26, 2003
This is the second flash of dialy life from Shanghai in the SARS times. This is a sunny, warm Saturday in early spring. I stayed at home the whole day today. Fast Food Restraunts KFC in Metro City of Xujiahui...
Protect China - Not Only Against SARS Apr 25, 2003
To Google visitors Arrived here by searching China in Google Image? Welcome! I am Jian Shuo Wang, and I am living in Shanghai, China. I write one article everyday on this blog everyday since 2002. This site is voted as...
SARS Pictures From Beijng and Shanghai Apr 24, 2003
Photos from Anzhen Hualian Shopping Mall - It is very encouraging to see all the sales persons were wearing masks. This demononstrated the preventional measures have been in place to fight against SARS. Street photos of Beijing on the day...
Shanghai SARS: Situation Severe Apr 23, 2003
The atmosphere of today in Shanghai is most severe ever in Shanghai. The air seems to suddenly freeze these days. Disinfection - real disinfection this time When I talk with the Dazhong taxi 5 days ago, the driver told me...
China is Taking SARS Seriously Apr 22, 2003
From my observation, the country is taking SARS very seriously recently. SARS Prevention Campain This afternoon, around 3:00 PM, a large red banner was hung just at the entrance of the residental garden I live in. On the banner, are...
How do you Feel if Being Misunderstood? Apr 21, 2003
Hey, I just got the following two comments from the same person today under my article Golarger.com - NET SEND Spamer and Comment Spammer. This guy insisted that I use golarger as free adertisement and the forum I setup is...
339 SARS in Beijing. May Holidy Cancelled Apr 20, 2003
In the news conference held at 3:00 PM today, 339 cases were confirmed in Beijing, 402 more are suspected. Meanwhile, the long May holiday is cancelled. It is announced one month before that the traditional long May holiday starts at...
East Radio Station Goes Online Apr 20, 2003
People kept asking me what it really is to live in Shanghai. I have talked about the living cost before, now, let's talk about radio stations. Recently, the most popular radio station in Shanghai - the East Radio Station (ERS),...
SARS Found in Henan Apr 19, 2003
April 18. It is reported by the official newspaper that SARS cases were found in central China's Henan province. They are returning workers in Zhumadian, Nanyang and Kaifeng. The cases were found on April 16 and 17. I summarize the...
Resumed from the Short Pause of Service Apr 18, 2003
Yesterday, this website experienced short pause in the comment system. It is because of the disk of the server is full so cause the corruption of comment database on the server. Now I have rebuilt the whole MovableType sytem from...
Daily Life - SARS Related Apr 17, 2003
I found SARS has been part of people's life these days. There are too many things that remind you of the existance of SARS in the city. Sticker in taxi The first thing I noticed is a yellow sticker on...
Wangjianshuo.Com Featured in Shanghai Magzine Apr 16, 2003
I am surprised to find out that wangjianshuo.com on the local newspaper named Shanghai Magzine. Image source: Page 66, Shanghai Magzine, April 2003 Here is the translation: Being a personal website, Wang Jian Shuo's is much more special. Under the...
SARS Websites in China Apr 15, 2003
?Most Update Status Report of SARS in China Provided by Ministry of Health (MOH) (Chinese site) Updated Disease Treatment Solution sent by MOH to all hospitals and publics. (Word Format, Chinese document) Phone numbers: Beijing: Haidian District Disease Control and...
No SARS Case in Fujian - People Daily Apr 14, 2003
This is to help Anna and anyone non-Chinese speaking persons who concerns about the SARS situation in Fujian. The People Daily's report was in Chinese. I am trying to translate it into English. Note: I don't want a accurate word...
MSN Messenger Spam Apr 13, 2003
I hate NET SEND SPAM, and I have been fighting with it for a long time by helping people to disable the Messenger services or install firewalls. I have clearly stated that the Messenger Service NET SEND SPAM used is...
Are the Media Directing the Right Way? Apr 12, 2003
Regarding the recent SARS outbreak in China and then to the world, I am very happy to see the lift of the ban in media. From the begining of April, the public awareness of SARS has been greatly improved with...
Shall I Cancel my Trip to Shanghai? Apr 11, 2003
Concerning the recent outbreak of SARS in Asia, especially in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province of China, WHO has issued warning to travelers against going to China. I saw the questions like this in the message boards of this site:...
Sorry. Server Down for 5 Hours Apr 11, 2003
I am afraid that some of you may experienced difficulty to access this site in a particular 5 hours. The server hosting this site might have gone down during the time frame, as you can see from the server uptime...
Hospitals and Hotlines for SARS in Shanghai Apr 10, 2003
I believe this entry should be the most useful one among all the SARS categoris so far. I'd like to provide some solid information about the hospitals and websites you should go to see a doctor if you suspect you...
Panic Under Control. SARS May Not Apr 9, 2003
On contrast with the no any news in March, April is the month the term of "Atypical Pneumonia" has been put the headlines of all major news papers (online and traditional) The change started when the Minister of Health hosted...
SARS: Culture Shock? Apr 8, 2003
I read about Anna's comments about her concerns on SARS. Mainlander followed up. SHANGHAI KNIGHT: ok... let me get this straight... i may get SARS from someone who doesn't show any symptoms because he is still in the incubation period?...
Will Lineage Help Sina? Apr 7, 2003
G asked me about the newly announced cooperation between Sina and NCsoft on Lineage. To be honest, I am not an online game fun. I am talking about this topic from the outsider's point of view. Internet Cafes are Popular...
Shanghai Looks Good - Despit of SARS Apr 6, 2003
The sunny weather continues. The rumor of SARS discontinued. With the recent official news on SARS from the Ministry of Health, the ban for news on the topic of SARS is lifted. Newspapers, TVs, radios and websites rush to report...
Shanghai Saturday Apr 5, 2003
It is such a sunny Saturday here in the city of Shanghai. Good weather gives me very good mood. It rained for 3 days in the last week. I am caught by one of the rain that I was completely...
This Site Listed on MSNBC.COM, as SARS Blog Apr 4, 2003
To my surprise, I found my site was listed on MSNBC.com. Here is the URL: http://www.msnbc.com/news/809307.asp In a similar vein, Shanghai blogger Jian Shuo Wang is using the help of e-mail from friends to disseminate SARS information on his blog....
Thanks for your Comments Apr 3, 2003
I want to thank everyone for commenting on my blog. I didn't expect that so many people were involved. At the very begining, when I have about 50 blog entries, I got about 10 comments. Later, when I completed my...
My Dream Travel Destination Apr 2, 2003
There are two much breaking news recently, which convininced me that the world is going crazy: Iraq war - the topic I didn't cover in this blog at all since I can say nothing about the action to kill peoples...
SARS Concerns Spread in Shanghai Apr 1, 2003
THIS PAGE CONTAINS UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION. TREAT IT AS RUMOR ONLY. In my previous blog entry of No SARS Case Found Shanghai, I quoted the Shanghai Morning Post's headline that there is no SARS in Shanghai. However, at the mean time,...