Lately all wordpress blogs are blocked, at least from my home and work. The actual site wordpress.com comes up but I cannot read any blogs. Is this just a Beijing thing or throughout China?
ps. I need to get a vpn to answer your comments so be patient please. |
Archive for November 17th, 2010
WordPress Blocked in China?
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 17, 2010
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Beijing’s Expat Population is….
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 17, 2010
Currently the number is around 110,000 foreigners living in Beijing. |
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Rope Jumper in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 17, 2010
I dont know if I blogged this one before but this is truly bizarre. I was visiting friend at his work when I saw this. You cant tell all that well, but this young woman is skipping rope at work..WTF China is odd and they do some really odd things. I have lived in many other countries and have a pretty good appetite for behavioral differences but this one floored me. It was maybe 20 minutes after lunch so I guess this woman decided that jumping rope would be a good idea. My question is this: with the exception of you prize fighters out there, has anyone in their entire lives, ever seen a colleague skipping rope at work……. |
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After Seeing Photos of This Chinese Barber, I should Shut Up
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 17, 2010
I found these photos on stareatasia.com. Before I complained about my crappy hairdo and the treatment I recieved at the hair salon. From looking at the photos below, I am reminded that it could have been worse….
but then again, this Chinese guy probably paid a lot less then I did |
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Hey You Got Hair in My Soy Sauce- Hey Your Soy Sauce is Made of Hair- WTF in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 17, 2010
Some Chinese guy wrote a book about poor chinese product quality- redundant? And in it he refernces where a company was making soy sauce from human hair, here is an article I found about the subject:
“Shanghai. (Interfax-China) – The Chinese government has shown an unusually high level of concern as a result of a bold media exposure towards a scandal in which human hair was used to make soy sauce. The government has now ordered an immediate inspection of all domestic food seasoning plants before the end of January. China Central Television (CCTV), the state television station, first Human hair is rich in protein content, just like soybean, wheat and bran, The plant, describing itself as a bioengineering company, made around In one such plant shown on the CCTV program, more chemical additives were By producing soy sauce from such raw materials, the producers were said |
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China Facts- On Product Quality
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 17, 2010
Here is an excerpt from the Telegraph it is addressing poor quality of Chinese goods. “That is especially true for China’s toy industry, which produces 80 per cent of the world’s toys. A government report in May revealed that one toy in five made for the domestic market was unsafe. At least 10,000 children a year are injured by defective or dangerous toys. But it is not just toys that threaten the public’s safety. Last month, officials in Beijing raided a factory that was recycling up to 100,000 pairs of bamboo chopsticks a day – none of them disinfected. Until now though, protecting consumers has been a low priority for the authorities. China’s law on consumer protection and rights has not been updated since it was passed in 1993 and there is no culture of consumer complaints.”Chinese consumers generally don’t complain about sub-standard products, unlike their peers in the West,” said Wu Gaohan, |
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China Disobeys UN directive, Sells Bullets to Darfur Rebels-
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 17, 2010
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Shanghai Apartment Fire- A Look at Whats to Come for China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on November 17, 2010
In Shanghai they just had a horrible fire which destroyed a building and killed many. The loss of life anywhere is a sad thing and preventable loss of lives even moreso. Unfortunately due to China’s lack of regulations and laws, this scene will no doubt play itself over again. In China’s pursuit to modernize, get face from the 100 years of humiliation, and greed, they are building at a break neck pace with little or no supervision. The quality of China’s buildings is shockingly poor. In Shanghai alone they had a new building tip over and found that its foundation was not pored deeply enough. They also had a bridge whose foundation was filled with trash and not cement (I have blogged both of these in the past). thus, this fire is just a sign of the consequences of China’s unbridled and greedy growth. It slays me to hear the Chinese government’s reaction to the fire. They said that it was due to ‘unlicensed welders’. I had to read the comment twice. ‘unlicensed welders’? WTF In a country like China that uses slave labor in their kilns and forced prison labor in factories, they dare talk about unlicensed labor. Does China even have licensed labor? And if they do, is the license as easy to obtain as any other certificate that one merely bribes an official to obtain? The saddest part is the loss of life. The reality is that problems with China’s buildings is not shocking and will no doubt continue in the future. The consequence is that this is how the future now looks with China in the picture. |
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