Don’t go reaching for your chengyu books. This one’s not in it, although it ought to be. It’s no real surprise to learn that the world’s most expensive luxury passenger train service will be Chinese. Also no surprise to learn that it’ll be heading for Tibet – Beijing to Lhasa, three times every eight days, [...]
Entries from March 2008
Driving The Nail by Selling The Roof
March 11th, 2008 · No Comments
On Deck
March 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments
The lead-up to the Beijing Olympics continues to be handled, as expected, poorly. With Beijing filling up with international reporters who have been falsely promised unrestricted access to Chinese citizens, the public security officials continue to do what they have always done. Earlier this week, Thursday evening, March 6, the NYT reported that Teng Biao, [...]
Warring States
March 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Depending on who you read, the dates given for the beginning of the Warring States period (Zhanguo Shidai) in Chinese history vary. There was no demarcating event – no Sarajevo or Pearl Harbor, no bold first incident that set the wheels of chaos in motion. It was not as if there wasn’t any war and [...]
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