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Sitting at the Horse’s Table
Lately I’ve been grappling with something. I don’t know why it just came to me now, but since it has I’ve been thinking about it a lot and see it is a good example of the internal conflict we have as long-term expats in China. -
Spotted: Wuyuan Road’s backwards-walking fitness guru in summer gear
Backwards-walking improv-weights dude was spotted on Saturday, July 24th. Rocking board shorts and high tops, this guy means business. Notice the larger and presumably heavier weights in the recent photo. Jiayou! -
Why Twitter and Facebook are Blocked in China
Anyway, rather than banging on about our lack of status updates, or whatever, we here at Shlaowai HQ have artfully employed our understanding of geopolitics in order to get to the bottom of this seemingly bottomless vexation. -
Confessions of a Shlaowai
Forgive me Father Mao, for I have sinned. I confess that, since moving to China, I have... -
The Most Uninteresting China Post You Will Ever Read
One thing we at Shlaowai have always been absolutely sure about is our mutual disdain for Western media coverage of China. -
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM TAKING A DUMP IN OUR PAVILION
Over the previous two months of Shanghai Expo operations, interesting testaments on the true nature of the Shanghai Expo have emerged. -
A Predictable Unpredictability
It’s pretty apparent that sellers of 10 kuai umbrellas outside Shanghai’s Metro stations during unexpected downpours have mastered the Law of Murphy: someone’s bound to forget an umbrella on a rainy day. -
10,000 Miles for Car-less Mongolian Children
There’s a saying: “When life gets too safe and comfortable, put yourself in a one-liter engine car that’s wholly unfit to drive 10,000 miles, and then drive 10,000 miles until you get to Mongolia.” -
Moment of the Week 6/4
June 4th: Shlaowai team members look back at the previous week, recollecting specific moments that had a questionable impact in their lives. -
Hu Giveth, and then Hu Taketh Away
Why the government (intentionally? unintentionally?) unblocked a site that was essentially Twitter is beyond my capacity or attention span to comprehend, but it was, for a fleeting moment as I was soon to find out, awesome. -
The Power of the Media
The possibility for policy changes, even the slightest, now almost exclusively relies on angry bloggers stirring up resentment from injustice and western media's ability to exploit the CCP's insecurities. -
Lions and Tigers and Clintons, Oh My!
Only hours previous, I received an email addressed to one “Mr. Delta”, inviting your noble beacon of results-based communication strategies to a speech on President Obama’s National Exports Initiative, to be given by a man named Hillary Rodham Clinton. -
Shlaowai Moment of the Week 5/28
May 28th: Shlaowai team members look back at the previous week, recollecting specific moments that had a questionable impact in their lives.
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