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November 25, 2005

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Daily linkets 25th November

Hong Kong in 1938 as the Japanese Imperial Army marched through China: ...sometimes reality is so hard to contemplate, illusions, fantasy and the suspension of reason are the only way for people to get on with life. says Dave. Potentially there are parallels with today's war on terror and especially how "safe" we feel in China.
ESWN reflects on media interviews on Chinese censorship and blogging and the interaction between influential blogs and freedom of speech. Howard French writes about a Party girl leading China's online revolution. Perhaps the shock is, like many other places, most blog readers are more interested in personal things than freedom of speech and censorship. Now that's a story.
The answer to Harbin's water problems: beer. Luckily in Harbin, they "drink beer like irrigation".
If you're getting married, don't get a Vera Wang dress.
HSBC may move its Asian call centers...to Europe.
A Taoist Thanksgiving.
It's getting colder in Hong Kong, which means this kind of thing might come in handy when the WTO gets here.
The Chinese inferiority complex with America.
Rich people in China don't give much to charity.
A great find: the Odd Japan blog (via Caleb).
Singapore and the Burmese drug cartel.
The first email sent from China.
A brief economic history of Hong Kong.
In the it would be funny it wasn't serious category: North Korean director plans prison-camp stage musical.
China's rising "blue economy".
(17:26) One to bookmark: Will uses his PR expertise to compile a handy Q&A sheet on bird flu for CEOs.
Finally, proof jogging can kill (at least in Shanhai).

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i am just curious, simon, how do you find the china top blog?

posted by: bingfeng on 11.25.05 at 03:39 PM [permalink]

I think it was through the BBC article the other day.

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