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February 2004



House Rules

Saturday, 28 February 2004 11:59 P GMT+09
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Exporting our heritage, and importing yours

Saturday, 28 February 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
Having been rudely berated, and then vilified as a condoner of war crimes and violence against women (that is right, the young lady in question actually did this) by a persistent haranguer, for having the cheek to say that maybe China shouldn’t cel
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Strange bedfellows, or close friends?

Friday, 27 February 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
Maybe it is time the British took stock of their alliances and woke up to one uncomfortable truth, that their key ally and trading partner, the United States, will do whatever it takes to win and will trample anybody who gets in its way.I have in the
Category: News and Politics Off Topic Sino-British

Live by the sword die by the Sword

Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
A classic quote reads to the effect of, ‘Those who live by the sword will inevitable dies by the sword’. History has shown us also that those who come to power through a revolution often fall from power in one, though in today’s age it is often
Category: Off Topic Human rights and personal freedoms
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Self-Censorship, a barrier to progress

Monday, 23 February 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
I am sometimes left to wonder how much of the censorship that exists inside China is imposed by the Government, and how much of it is imposed by people fearful of the Governments myopic eye.The great fire wall of China is a reality that I do battle w
Category: News and Politics Off Topic Human rights and personal freedoms
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A social Observation

Friday, 20 February 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
There is a strange social paradox that soon stands above most of the other social oddities seen by an outsider living in China, it is difficult to find a simple way of explaining it without actually show the world what I have seen or heard but I will
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A Rolex is still only a watch.

Tuesday, 17 February 2004 11:59 P GMT+09
Fakes, counterfeits and imitations are all part of life in China, on arriving here you quickly come to accept that anything with a non Chinese brand logo brought outside of an authorised chain is probably going to be a counterfeit, you accept this an
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A very frightening Step

Monday, 16 February 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
It appears that the free press may become far more chained in the near future. The BBC, revered in Britain, and indeed around the world as being one of the last bastions of the truth in a media age ruled by the dollar is in the process of being gagge
Category: News and Politics Off Topic Human rights and personal freedoms
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Morecombe Bay

Saturday, 14 February 2004 12:59 A GMT+09
I notice in the continuing search for somebody to blaim over the tragic death of 19 cockle collectors in Morcombe Bay both the English and the Chinese Government, via the media, are doing their level best to ignore or quash a few big issues.For those
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