Monthly Archives: June 2009

A Taste of Sunshine

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

While I haven’t had time to investigate to any degree, I am thoroughly enjoying the Green Dam Youth Escort controversy. At first, like most people, I was horrified, but unlike many, not particularly surprised. The CCP is an organization with … Continue reading →

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Circumvention 101

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

Adam Schokora has an excellent primer on getting around the lovely government controls of which I am so fond. I won’t post an excerpt. Click through and you will see why. I am hoping to get my thoughts on the … Continue reading →

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Wow!

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

[singlepic id=67 w=450 h=330 float=center] Honest inspections. Controlling corruption. These issues come to mind. Shanghai has traditionally done pretty well, but this should scare apartment buyers. A lot. Hope to see some firings based on this. Minxing? Where the heck … Continue reading →

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Unexpected (Good) News

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

Apparently there are limits to a school’s right to search students. This is highly unexpected from this Court. Perhaps a harbinger of things to come. Hard to square this with their other decisions, but anyway this is one step in … Continue reading →

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Who Will Pay?

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

This is a crime that will have far-ranging repercussions. The Iranian theocracy is proving to be murderous and despotic; without law, without conscience. Anyone who ends up on the wrong side of those with power are summarily arrested, and I … Continue reading →

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For Emphasis

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

I absolutely do not regret my earlier post about Zhabei Qu, and I want to post this to reiterate my strong suggestion that all is not well within that particular kingdom. In all my time here, literally half of the … Continue reading →

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Avoid Zhabei District

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

I have been thinking about writing this post for some time, and while I hesitated, I should have known something would happen to make the decision easy. Zhabei District is the lousiest, least safe, most corrupt district in downtown Shanghai. … Continue reading →

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Navigation Overload!!

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

[singlepic id=37 w=380 h=280 float=center] Yes, I know the navigation is all weird. You *can* surf through the pages, so be happy. A very attractive fix is to strip out all page navigation, so don’t make me spiteful. Ugg, I … Continue reading →

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Rampant Thuggery

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

Remember those layers upon layers of security forces the Party loves to create? This is what they do when the time comes: I only want to speak about what I have witnessed. I am a medical student. There was chaos … Continue reading →

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Bloodshed

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Rhodo Zeb

Shots fired at banned Mousavi rally, ‘several dead’. I am very worried this will get out of hand. Somebody else, is too, I would wager, as every proxy known to man is down right now. [Update] Oops, already too late. … Continue reading →

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