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More Accidents in 2008 May 5, 2008
Update May 6, 2008 Changed the title from 2008, a Year of Terror to current title - just to be more objective. With the approach of Beijing Olympics, I just feel that it is becoming a year of terror. Many...
Generalization Plays the Trick May 1, 2008
My reader wishing star quoted a poem about people's confusing about the reaction of western world in this comment. This morning, I received a poem entitled " to the western world " from a friend of mine. I have no...
Your Opinion about French Revolution May 1, 2008
The recent events in France brought my interest to this country. Just as what I always believed, "seek first to understand before seek to be understood", I started to read about the history of France, especially during the French Revolution...
Train Collision in Shandong Apr 30, 2008
The train collision near Jinan killed 71, and injured 416. Little flower for the victim in the accident That is too bad. Not to mention those who were killed, I am horrified by the news story of a young man...
Standing Cross Different Lines Apr 15, 2008
One interesting thing I found from writing this blog and reading comments is, this world is far more complicated than black and white, and there are so many ways to look at the same thing (or we call it "perspectives")....
1 USD = 6.9966 RMB Apr 11, 2008
Just checked Yahoo Finance, the current exchange rate between RMB and USD is: 1 USD = 6.9966 RMB Look at the exchange rate between USD and RMB in the last 5 years: Graph credit: Yahoo Finance Please note: This is...
Taiwan Election - Ma Wins Mar 22, 2008
Last night, we left home and went to watch Phoenix TV in Zhangjiang. The final result of the Taiwan Election came out, and Ma won. During the whole day, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, about it on all the channels...
Some Interesting Random News Mar 13, 2008
AMD's newest chip is codenamed "Shanghai" - a 8-core processor. Why they choose Shanghai as its code name? I am going to install IPTV in my home at last - it is free anyway, with requirement to open the equipment...
CZ3456 Black Box Audio Revealed Mar 10, 2008
It was a air disaster 11 years ago. Now, the audio of the last 12 minutes were released: The audio (via Robermao)...
Watching Spring Festival TV Show Now Feb 6, 2008
I am watching tihs year's Spring Festival TV Show on CCTV now. It is from 8:00 PM to 12:30 AM next day. This is the 20th year of the same TV show. According to the latest statistic, 500 million people...
Why Snow Caused Power Failure Feb 3, 2008
I was wondering why snow in south China caused large scale power failure - snow is snow, and electricity power is electricity power. What is the connection? Wendy sent me the photo, and I was shocked. This is what happened...
The Most Severe Disaster I Experienced Feb 2, 2008
Recently, I experienced the most severe disaster I have ever experienced in China. The snow + the Spring Festival transportation peak made the country a mess. To be exact, this may not be the most severe disaster, but I didn't...
Crazy New Year Jan 28, 2008
This is the craziest new year I have ever experienced. Just to list a few. It is snowing. Crazily heavy in Shanghai - the heaviest snow in recent years. Looking outside our office - I feel I am in Beijing....
Skyscrapers in Lujiazui Jan 21, 2008
What a day! This is a not completely-normal normal day. It is not normal, since my typical working day is in office. It is also normal, since this is a typical day in Shanghai. Let me tell you what exactly...
Diesel Shortage Caused Traffic Jam Nov 26, 2007
Wendy and I was stuck in the middle of a traffic jam for about 10 minutes. It is due to the continued diesel shortage in Shanghai. Large trucks are partying on the road - long lines of trucks lined up...
Gas Station Explosion Near my Home Nov 24, 2007
Just before I want to close my laptop and go to bed, I saw a piece of astonishing news on Sina: Gas Station Explosion Killed 4 and Injured 40 in Shanghai. OMG! They are the secondary gas station we went...
0# Gas Shortage in Shanghai Oct 28, 2007
Yesterday, when we got back from Donghai Bridge, I found I didn't have enough gas to get back to the city, I decided to find the nearest gas station. I remember there is one from SINOPEC at the toll station....
China's Moon Probe Chang'e I Launched Oct 24, 2007
Just watched the real time broadcast in our office. China's first Moon Probe was launched. It should arrive Moon very soon. The time was 18:05. Now it is on the way - good luck and have a good trip to...
Burma and my Ignorance Oct 5, 2007
I understand that I seemed to be living in vacuum, and until now I didn't really understand what is going on in Burma. I am on holiday from Oct 1 to today - the national holiday, so I am pretty...
Different Views of the Same Thing Sep 22, 2007
When I write every entry of my blog, especially on controversial topics, I am perfectly aware of angle really matters, and different people see exactly the same thing can tell completely different story, as in the story of Blind Men...
Accident in Shanghai Metro Jul 16, 2007
In the afternoon, just before I left the office, we talked about the accident happened in Shanghai Metro yesterday. I didn't know that until people told me. A young man was stuck in the middle of the Metro door and...
Starbucks Finally Closed in the Forbidden City Jul 14, 2007
According to this China Daily article, the controversial Starbucks store in the forbidden city was finally closed. This echos the recent "Chinese sign enforcement" event in Shanghai....
Serious Ill caused by Serious Mistake Mar 28, 2007
I have some friends in Hangzhou, and Yezi was among the most familiar one. When she was a reporter in eTime Weekly in Hangzhou, we had wonderful gather in Shanghai with other editing stuff. It was a night before typhoon...
RMB Finally Goes Strong Jul 22, 2005
This afternoon, I got a SMS from Eric that RMB finally changed its policy and become floating rate. The rumar is the exchange rate between RMB to USD may change to 8.1 or something (I cannot find sources and proof...
Second Day of College Entrace Exam Jun 9, 2005
This is the second day of the nation wide College Entrance Exam. This is the very important day for middle school students in China. The 48 hours will be big impact to their future: Whether they can get higher score...
Many People Got Cold Mar 16, 2005
Many people got cold there days and I also show some symptom. This time, the infected ratio is much higher than any time before - I have the impression about 20% of people around me are sick there days. Take...
Seoul Changes Chinese Name Jan 22, 2005
The city of Seuol changed its Chinese name from Hancheng 汉城 to Shouer 首尔. It is interesting to me. Personally, I don't think the new name looks nicer than the previous one. Maybe it is because I didn't get used...
Space Jan 20, 2005
Alexa Cheatting Nov 17, 2004
Donews posted something uncool on its website titled Alexa Expert. This person use computer programs to control the Alexa ranking of a website and promise to send one site to top 100 rank list in Alexa. He gave an example...
Flowers Bloom on MSN Messenger Sep 14, 2004
Two days before, Eric sent me the message via MSN: "请放一朵玫瑰，在MSN名字之前( 名字前加“括号f括号”)，用来表现对于数百位俄罗斯死于恐怖行动的孩童哀悼，希望可以传这个讯息给你所有线上名单，看看会有少朵玫瑰盛开" or in English: "Please put a rose in front of your name to show your sympathy for the hundreds of children killed in Russia terrorism attack." I...
Asia Cup - China Lost Aug 7, 2004
China vs Japan: 3:1 1:3 This is football. Japan team used hand to push the ball into the gate....
Shanghai v.s. Central Government May 26, 2004
For the first time I see a strong confront between Shanghai government and the central government in Beijing. It is for the car plate issue. According to CCTV, a senior official from Ministry of Commerce commented that the car plate...
March 20 Taiwan Election Mar 6, 2004
Take a look at this TV Comercial from Taiwan: TW_320.WMV (1M in size). What is your comment? I was shocked when I see this. I begin to realized my previous perspective of the strait issue is not complete....
37 Killed in Beijing and 40 in Moscow Feb 6, 2004
Oh, My God. What happened to the world? 37 people was killed when they were celebrating the Yuan Xiao Festival last night and 40 people were killded in Moscow metro fire. Since SARS, I found more and more news headlines...
Bird Flu Hit China Jan 28, 2004
Screen shot in courtesy of sina.com.cn I heard the bird flu several weeks ago but wasn't as worried as today. The Shanghai Morning Post reported the confirmed bird flu case in Guangxi and suspected cases in Hunan and Hubei....
Taxi Dropped into River, Killing People Jan 17, 2004
Dead road, incorrect sign and poor lighting condition caused a taxi to drive directly into a deep river. Number of people kill still not clear. Shanghai Evening Post reported the astonishing news. Image courtesy: Shanghai Evening Post. Photographed by Jian...
Taxi Fell into Trap Dec 13, 2003
Have I ever show off the nice violin statue under my apartment? It looks nice but a woman taxi driver didn't think so, because she drove her taxi into the low land on the right side of the violin, exactly...
Muzimei Shock Wave (cont.) Nov 13, 2003
Shock Wave in Search Engine Terms Keyword: 木子美 (Muzimei) 11/10/2003 Hit 998 Baidu Rank 730 11/11/2003 Hit 117,318 Baidu Rank 1 Keyword: 遗情书 (Yiqingshu) 11/10/2003 Hit 181 Baidu Rank 5495 11/11/2003 Hit 54,151 Baidu Rank 4 Shock Wave in Website...
Muzimei's Sex Blog Brought Trouble Nov 12, 2003
Hehe. After the DOS (Deny of Service) attack of U.S. network, a girl caused the same kind of attack to blogchina.com. Moreover, the magic is, the girl really caused people to click on the links to BlogChina using their own...
China Sent a Man to the Space Oct 15, 2003
At 9:06 AM local time, the first manned space vihecle was successfully launched. Good luck to the astronaut....
China is Sending Man to Space Oct 12, 2003
The news of the launch of manned space vehicle was sealed so good that it was announced within two week before the launch. Today, I saw the news report on TV confirming that the first manned space vehicle will be...
Disaster - Mud-rock in Danba Jul 15, 2003
This is the unpeaceful season again - bad news comes after bad news on TV. I am feeling very sorrow for all the victims. Mud-rock in Danba, Sichuan, China Last weekend, the mud-rock in Danba killed more than 50 people...
Bill Gates Murdered by Media in China Mar 29, 2003
This morning, my wife received a phone call from her friend that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was murdered in Los Angeles. What? The whole world goes crazy! Her friend continued to tell the bad news. She was on a taxi...
Best News Photos of 2003 Jan 27, 2003
A friend of mine sent me the links to some photos. They called it the Best News Photos of the Year 2003. Yes, they are. The images are beautiful and inspiring. The pictures themselves are better than thousands of words....
Recent News Dec 17, 2002
Something strange and interesting: 1. Microsoft.com cannot be accessed via Great Wall Broadband Network and some China Telecom users in Shanghai. It reports the same error when Google.com is banned. However, this only affects Shanghai. This has lasted for 4...
Korea: The Bandwitdh Capital of the World? Sep 15, 2002
Broadband in Shanghai still facing problems while Korea is called "Broadband Capital" now.