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December 2007 Archives

Happy New Year 2008 Dec 31, 2007
Happy New Year to all my friends, family and readers! It seems Microsoft Paint (my favorite photo creation tool) is still not perfect to create a Holiday Card....
Best of Wangjianshuo's Blog in 2007 Dec 31, 2007
I posted 374 blogs (before this entry) in the 365 days in 2007. Just now, I reviewed my monthly blog archive in 2007, and selected (just based on my personal standard) the best posts in 2007. Here is a full...
Wake up, Wake up Dec 31, 2007
I am the sleepy type of person - I can sleep as much as the time you gave me. This is the second day of the three day New Year holiday. As yesterday, I wake up by myself, at 12:10...
Shanghai Metro Line #4, #6, #8, #9 Opens Dec 30, 2007
Dec 29 is a big day for Shanghai Metro. 58 New Metro Stations were put into operation on the same day. Yes. It is not a typo. It IS 58 stations. This afternoon, I prepared my camera and coat and...
Kijiji Expanding Office Dec 29, 2007
Kijiji is expanding to the 19th floor of the same building. The same day last year, we moved into our current office, and the new life in the office started from Jan 4, 2007. One year later, we expanded from...
OOB Today Dec 28, 2007
Pretty tired these days. OOB (Out of Blogging) today....
Foreigners Individual Income Tax in China Dec 26, 2007
This is a FAQ, as you can see from the discussion under my entry: Personal in Tax in China. I am not a lawyer, and I don't want to pretend to know everything, or the accurate information (even a lawyer...
Successful Kijiji Meetup Dec 26, 2007
Had a wonderful Kijiji meetup today with about 7 users. Every time I have a Kijiji meetup with users, I feel very happy and confident. As the head of a website, millions of page view or 20-30 thousands listing per...
Merry Christmas 2007 Dec 25, 2007
Merry Christmas, my friends, my readers, and everyone who see this note. Although we do not celebrate Christmas in Shanghai, I'd love to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and very soon, a Happy New Year! Photograph by Jian Shuo...
Assembly - Great War Movie from China Dec 24, 2007
Back from Feng Xiaogang's new movie - Assembly. It is a great movie. It is may be one of the first movie in China to pay attention to the individuals, to the lives in the war. This is very...
"I Will Follow All the Rules!" Dec 23, 2007
Chatted with George the other day. George is my friend from New York who asked the wonderful question: Why everyone in China says "It is not impossible but difficult". When we talked about his recent relocation to Shanghai, we talked...
MovableType Dirify Change for UTF-8 Dec 23, 2007
This is for MovableType 3.2, but the same for 3.3, or 4.0, 4.01. In the file /mt/lib/MT/Util.pm, there are two lines. I have to change it from: LINE 553: sub dirify { LINE 554: ($MT::VERSION && MT->instance->{cfg}->PublishCharset =~ m/utf-?8/i) LINE...
Conversation with IPowerWeb Support Dec 23, 2007
This was my conversation with ipowerweb support today. There is no surprise. Their customer service level is very consistent in the last few years. The conversation was near 1 hour. There are always several minutes to 10 minutes wait...
Why Things in China is Cheap? Dec 23, 2007
There is no doubt that China is one of the most important base for manufacturing. Christmas is coming, and this reminds people that the even higher majority of world Christmas decoration is coming from China. Even the Christmas tree -...
Went to Children's Hospital - Refugee Camp Dec 22, 2007
I went to Children's Hospital on the Fenglin Road. Yifan's ass looks red - should be very typical problem for children like his age, so we went to the Children's Hospital today. The last time, I lined there for 3...
Is Guanxi Important? Dec 21, 2007
YLF Many books about China says: "Guanxi is important in China". Many people do research based on the books. Many foreigners know Guanxi is important in China. The problem is, it is a little bit out of date today. Guanxi...
Victor's Car Plate was Stolen Dec 19, 2007
After Victor's dog was stolen and killed, and after his bicycle was stolen months ago,and his wallet, he also lost his car plate today. How the Plate was Stolen You know car plate, right? Every car has a plate. It...
Dishui Lake Satellite Pictures Dec 19, 2007
Dishui Lake is my favorite place to spend a weekend. Today, I found the satellite pictures of this artificial lake is updated on Google Earth. The bigger scope of the lake. Zoom in and see the current building. I...
Current University Students are Different Dec 18, 2007
I am back from a speech in Shanghai Jiaotong University tonight. This is the second time I visit SJTU this month. I just observe something very different between the students of this year (especially the first year students) and the...
YLFer Gather in Shanghai Dec 16, 2007
This entry is intended to notify YLFers (Young Leaders Forum) participants about the FYLer gather in Shanghai. Hopefully, many of you have subscribed to the Young Leaders Forum Fellow Blog Feed, so you should be able to get this news...
The Age of Change, in Reality, and in Mind Dec 16, 2007
This is an age of change, of China and of the world. I feel it, but cannot name it. I see it all the time with all those small things in my life, but still cannot tell what it really...
Train Ticket Office at Maglev Station Dec 16, 2007
Many people arrives in Shanghai Pudong airport empty handed - I mean without the train ticket to the next city. Typically, they just arrives, and want to get train ticket, and then directly take a train to nearby cities, like...
Yangshan Deep Water Port - Part II Dec 15, 2007
I am attending a meeting at Yangshan Island. Here are some photos of the Donghai Bridge, and the Yangshan Deep Water Port. This is a meeting with government. I just found out that Yangshan is a great place to host...
Update of Metro Line #4 Dec 13, 2007
My pilot friend George sent me a photo and asked me where it is. It is the map of Shanghai Metro Line #4 Puhuitang Base. I finally located the place on Google Earth, and I believe it is exactly what...
Mourning for Victims of Nanjing Massacre Dec 13, 2007
70 years ago, 300,000 civil residents were killed by Japanese troops. It was the most miserable night in the recent history....
Winter Arrives Dec 13, 2007
Shanghai enters winter these days. It is very cold and chilly outside. Visitors to Shanghai, please bring enough cloths with you. I feel frozen this morning. Hotmail Problems I am experiencing Hotmail connectivity problems these days. Anyone encountered the same...
SJTU Campus Starts to Charge for Parking Dec 12, 2007
I work on Shanghai Jiao Tong University campus. The campus is located in the downtown of Xujiahui. It is very hard to find parking lot in that area. However, the campus was always a free parking space. I have friends...
Great Ocean Road Dec 12, 2007
One year has past, and I just realize I have never posted my Great Ocean Road trip onto blog yet. OK. Here are the breath-taking pictures of the trip in Australia. When I look back and summarizes...
Hope for Microsoft Web Effort Dec 11, 2007
I start to use the Windows Live application by Microsoft - I mean the client application tools, not the LIVE.COM services. It gave me much hope about the future of Windows Live. When I use the first and second version...
Aniseed Vietnamese French Cuisine Dec 11, 2007
For some reason, I postponed my dinner to 9:00 PM. Now, I am sitting in the Aniseed Vietnamese French Cuisine. While I am waiting for my Vietnamese noodle (delicious!), let me tell my friend about it. It is the best...
Comments on Robert's Social Aggregator Ideas Dec 11, 2007
(This post is posted via Microsoft Live Writer - it is pretty impressive) Robert wrote a great blog about his thoughts on Social Aggregator. He pinged me on Skype about it. Let me do spend some time to write a...
Saw June with Michael Bloomberg Dec 10, 2007
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in Beijing today. Although I heard many great things about Mr. Bloomberg from my friends, I am not interested in him as much as I am interested in YLF participant June Mei. I saw...
Pinyin is Not Chinese Dec 10, 2007
During my Nanjing YLF trip, I just realize one simple fact that many people outside China may not be aware of: Pinyin is not Chinese. After I explained this to my friends, they were surprised. This is different from what...
Young Leaders Forum Fellow Blog Feed Dec 9, 2007
We need to leverage new technology, don't we? I volunteered to create an aggregated Young Leaders Forum Fellow Blog Feed. The URL of this feed is http://tinyurl.com/2zc4vz. There are some behind the scene works. I get a list of all...
Atlantis Launch Delayed Dec 9, 2007
Just as many of my friends (and readers) in U.S and Europe started to pay attention to Shanghai news in their local TV station when we meet each other, I started to watch closely to launches of NASA after I...
Gave Chinese Names for my Friends Dec 8, 2007
In Tongli, in the shop next to our hotel, they have 20 small baskets of badges of Chinese characters - each badge has a character on both side of it. People can pick two or three badge to form the...
Spend Money on Art or Porverty Dec 7, 2007
This is a very interesting topic we covered in this Young Leaders Forum. When we talk about whether it is appropriate to spend more on art when world poverty or world hunger is not solved. This was among the hottest...
Not Be Afraid of Grace and Beauty Dec 6, 2007
When I wrap up my Young Leaders Forum 2007, and the extension trip in Suzhou, Tongli, and Shanghai, I could not help thinking about an important question about the future of China: Are we, as a nation, afraid of grace...
Humble Adminstrator Garden in Suzhou Dec 6, 2007
This is maybe the third time I visit the Humble Administrator Garden. This time, I am with the fellows of Young Leaders Forum. We also have the wonderful (temporary) guide June Mei. She was well know by her interrupting work...
Suzhou Museum by I.M. Pei Dec 6, 2007
I visited the Suzhou Museum on Dec 3. The museum is designed by I.M. Pei, and we had the honor to attend a behind the scene tour conducted by Bobbie Pei. Bobbie was so kind to talk about the design...
Back from Wonderful YLF Trip in Nanjing Dec 5, 2007
I am back from the wonderful trip in Nanjing. Allow me sometime to catchup with the blog. The intensive 3 days in Nanjing and the following extension trip were full of fun and party (at night). I did spend two...
Recovery of Fanfan's Blog Dec 2, 2007
FTP to the server and check /cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi folder. It is a new installation with MovableType 3.2. That was created on Jan 14, 2007. Download mt-config.cgi file to analyze what is the current database. The current DB points to /home/wangjian/public_html/cgi-bin/mt/db...
Ashish Gadnis Dec 2, 2007
Chatted with Ashish, my new wonderful friend tonight, and we talked about my blog. I said, as a gift, I will devote a special page for him, and hopefully, when you search Ashish Gadnis in Google, this page should be...
Nanjing is an Amazing City Dec 1, 2007
I am in Nanjing. The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is wonderful, and the students, and faculty there are wonderful. I am very happy that China has such a great center with real international scope - they have Chinese students taught in English...