In China, To Tick People Off in Cyberspace, Type “呵呵” (He He)
What’s wrong with 呵呵 (he he)? What two innocent characters — 呵呵 (he he). In English, as well as in Chinese, they can easily be “mistaken” to mean “laughter”. In fact, read it out...
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China Railways’s Bewitched CAPTCHA
Here, the CAPTCHA appears still, but as of when this post was first published, moving CAPTCHAs could still be found. Whilst you may not need a PhD to buy a train ticket (even for...
That Mountain Lion has been set loose…
…miles away from anything like the stuff of legend a la the Masaai Mara. (Seriously, I’m no “animal-ologist”, so if the mountain lion (real creature!) doesn’t live in the Masaai Mara, you know, don’t...
The iPad’s Now Gone From Tianjin, Too
The iPad is now gone from many an authorized Apple retailer in Tianjin as well, after earlier reports that the iPad had disappeared elsewhere in China, including Shijiazhuang. Apple’s tablet, though, is still available...
Twitter’s Impact on China’s “Dear Passengers”
“Dear passengers.” That’s the default greeting you hear nationwide on China Railways (and also the title of a travel blog — that yours truly writes as well!) Imagine your blogger’s surprise, then, when he...
Is Barack Obama A PRC Citizen After All?
The Chinese may have a PRC ID number already in store for President 2.0. This is a fairly scary bit of “the news” as of late: there’s this bit of “fake ID software” on...
Sina Head Editor: Censoring Tweets – What A Pain!
“Controlling content in Sina microblogs is a problem which is a very big headache.” There — we’ve tried our best at verbatim translation. On, of course, Chen Tong (陈彤), the head editor at Sina....
Forced Into World Cup Mania?
The year 2009 was the year the innocent Chinese populace were forced into all kinds of things — the year when the average soul in a nation of 1.3 billion were coerced into doing one...
Wifi Around China: Starbucks Capital Times Square
The Starbucks inside Capital Times Square is minimalist, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there. Just inside the back entrance of the Beijing Capital Times Square is this Starbucks, which apparently manages to place...
Wifi Around China: Costa Coffee Xizhimen
Ah, Xizhimen. It’s transit hell and heaven — two in one, at the same time. Where else can you link a railway station with a three-line Subway interchange? But then again, why’s everyone still...
