简介：a peculiar hybrid of personal journal, dilettantish punditry, pseudo-philosophy and much more, from an accidental expat who has made his way from hong kong to beijing to singapore, and finally to taipei for reasons that are still not entirely clear to him...

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Twitter unblocked, for now

let’s see how long it lasts. i remember all the jubilation over the past five years whenever the government unblocked blogspot and later youtube, and each time it turned out they were playing cat and mouse. i’m still not sure about flickr; i can’t get on it right now but some friends say it’s loading, albeit very, very slowly. blogspot still seems do... (318 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/t10mcgx5

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June 4th thread

about to visit the square as i did yesterday. talk about anything that has to do with incidents that have occurred on past june fourths, or anything else. and it’s hot here in beijing today. a good day to wear white. not to change the world, but just to show we think it’s better to remember than forget.... (318 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/xen6mgxt

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Repost: Interview with a 1989 Demonstrator

in 2003, shortly after i left beijing for singapore, one of my clients mentioned to me his participation in the 1989 demonstrations as a student in shanghai. as i listened to him talk, i realized i had an opportunity for an extraordinary interview. it’s always been my favorite post on this blog, for whatever that’s worth, and i wanted to repost it in h... (318 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/yhtj3gxc

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The Tiananmen Taboo

quite simply one of the best articles i’ve ever read about the june 4 “incident,” by banned chinese author ma jian. it includes a brief interview with a participating pla soldier, and a heart-wrenching account of a man in the crowd:“it happened right here,” he told me, “just by these white railings. a tank charged down changan avenue, and sprayed ... (318 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/0b00wgxl

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Twitter blocked in China

michael anti was certainly prophetic.twitter is a new thing in china. the censors need time to figure out what it is. so enjoy the last happy days of twittering before the fate of youtube descends on it one day.“indeed.”... (318 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/eqnqaaxr

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Thread?

because that’s as good as i can do at the moment. leave your links and comments and anything else here.... (318 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/r0t7daxf

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China’s growth: An economic miracle built on sand?

dror has written another provocative post about china’s economy that is well worth a read, even if i don’t completely agree with him. it’s about an issue many of us reflexively shy away from, i.e., the true sustainability of china’s boom, and the west’s refusal to acknowledge the possibility that much of the boom is smoke and mirrors. as dror points... (318 天前)

http://inezha.com/w/nk0fcax9

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