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Saturday, February 16th 2008

"Nine Cities, Nine Ideas" [Wall Street Journal]

Travel Log: Saturday, February 16th 2008 | 2 months 29 days ago
Local governments around the globe are coming up with some of the most innovative ways to cut energy use. There are lessons here for places of all sizes.

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Saturday, February 02nd 2008

"Living under house arrest in Beijing" [Guardian]

Travel Log: Saturday, February 02nd 2008 | 3 months 12 days ago
Chinese state security police have arrested one of the country’s most prominent civil rights activists, Hu Jia. In a video diary, he recorded life under house arrest – and round-the-clock surveillance – with his wife, Zeng Jinyan.

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Tuesday, August 28th 2007

"Beijing Traffic Lesson: Left Turn" [So I'm Going To China]

Travel Log: Tuesday, August 28th 2007 | 8 months 18 days ago
As I may have mentioned before, traffic in Beijing is its own art form.

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Saturday, February 10th 2007

"Tired of laughter, Beijing gets rid of badly translated signs" [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

Travel Log: Saturday, February 10th 2007 | 1 year 3 months ago
For years, foreigners in China have delighted in the loopy English translations that appear on the nation's signs. They range from the offensive -- "Deformed Man," outside toilets for the handicapped -- to the sublime -- "Show Mercy to the Slender Grass,"

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Thursday, July 20th 2006

"Teaching Political Theory in Beijing" [Dissent Magazine]

Travel Log: Thursday, July 20th 2006 | 1 year 9 months ago

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