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he was co-opted by the pap, it's something they do very well. other folks of his generation who are now part of the establishment are simon tay, the dude who started the substation, vivian balakrishna...

why funny? ho was a well-known rebel. he was detained without trial for two months while a correspondent for the far eastern economic review in the 70s for being critical of the PAP government. he isn...

Tudou, Youku, have quake videos on frontpage, their other vids still accessible. AP and Reuters have some updates, including on Sina. (blogged about it here)...

The WSJ's China Journal had a post on this. PS up to the minute earthquake updates from that WSJ blog. they have several people on the ground there...

I normally wouldn't quibble, but since Lee corrects the interviewer several times (in the interest of accuracy, presumably), he gets something wrong here about Terminal 3. He says Chinese engineers we...

Japanese donuts are great! Try one of Meidi-Ya's chocolate ones next time you're in Japan (or Malaysia or Singapore... do they have them in Hong Kong?). Here's some more information about Shanghai's ...

Yah, and it looks like a Shanghai Disneyland is in the works, too. More mouse on the way. ...

hey andy - totally agree that the expat rags begin from an orientalist starting point - whether they realise it or not. sad thing is, most english-language writing on china, including a lot of mainstr...

check out the soups at fast-food chain Zhen Gong Fu. Roughly 20 kuai gets you a set meal: soup, rice and steamed side dish, small thing of veggies. watch out for the MSG though. ...

lol. bizarre!...

The steak there is terrible. Not worth it, dollar for pound, at all. ...

Check out this recent pronouncement by Wen Jiabao on price-fixing -- although he's talking about food prices. To be fair to the fast-food folks, though, grain, chicken and pork prices are going throug...