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Although, to be fair, the areas around Songjiang Industrial Zone are even less attractive
An afternoon visit to Songjiang Industrial Zone makes me glad I don't make more afternoon visits to Songjiang Industrial Zone
(and thanks to @JamesFallows for his blog posts, which alerted me to the problem in the first place)
Friend's Gmail acct just hacked, fake plea-for-help email sent to all contacts. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, ENABLE GMAIL'S 2-STEP VERIFICATION
RT @NiuB: When Iowa Met China: Xi Jinping in Muscatine (Video) - @ChinaRealTime Report - WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/chinare... by @owenfletcher
Nemow backstory is great, too RT @3q2u Jinan woman busted for Taobao scam - http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/...
RT @gadyepstein: Nice: Chinese leaders refuse to set meetings w/US freedom of religion envoy, then use her lack of meetings to deny visa http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...
Spotted last night: One of Shanghai's new fleet of levitating buses (cough) http://instagr.am/p...
Had to smile at the name of the Beechcraft King Air 350 in Chinese: 空中国王350
The Global Supply Chain Council is leading a "North Korea Supply Chain Roadshow" in June http://www.supplychains.com/en...
Study estimates the cost of Somali piracy in 2011 at $6.9 billion http://gcaptain.com/somali-...
Wang Lijun saga has "the same plot as The Chase, except for the part about a crime, a woman, Mexico & Charlie Sheen" from @chinaeconreview
People's Bank of China denies there are praying cats on the 100 RMB note. http://news.oeeee.com/a...
Hong Kong's TVB Pearl on attempts to cut port emissions with Fair Winds Charter http://programme.tvb.com/news...
RT @chinaeconreview: Pomeranz: Human Dev. Index around Shanghai is comparable to UK; around Guizhou it’s more like Namibia http://www.uci.edu/feature...
From zero(ish) to 1m in three years rt @northkoreatech North Korea has a million cell phone subscribers http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012...
RT @markmackinnon: He's a delightful guy to talk to, as BLOs go. RT @apgalbraith That last quote from Canada's "beaver liaison officer." Seriously.
I also demand to know what has become of Shanghai's "mangy street pandas."
That last quote from Canada's "beaver liaison officer." Seriously.
RT @dsandhaus: "Décadence Mandchoue" in the Global Times for the Mainland release. Brave folks at Yunnan People's Publishing: http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS...
RT @nuttylichee: he sharpens a pencil and sends it to you w/ the shavings + a certificate. i'm so down. #analogfolife http://artisanalpencilsharpening.com/ h/t @arnault
After eight years in China, this still makes my head explode: How much is six-hundred-thousand ten-thousands again?
Also from @CivicExchange: Principles & Measures to Improve Air Quality:Policy Recommendations for a New Administration http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp...
Air Quality Report Card of the Donald Tsang Administration - by @CivicExchange #HK #airquality http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp...
RT @W7VOA: My VOA report yesterday had comments attributed to Kim Jong Il's oldest son. Asahi now reports he might be on Facebook: http://ajw.asahi.com/article...
Helpful sticker on a bag of Marks & Spencer sweets: 'The functional class of the Citric Acid is "Acid".'
Air Mauritius launching nonstop Port Louis-Shanghai flights at the end of March. Too late for chunjie, sadly... http://www.eturbonews.com/27316...
Kim Jong Il's death creates problems for DPRK calendar makers http://www.dailynk.com/english... (via @TheDailyNK)
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