I think the "Solo jazz and soul concert at TCG Nordica" will be great! looking forward!

thats interesting. I wonder if they'll lay some data cables at the same time. Right now all data comes in and out of China via Tianjin, Guangzhou and Shanghai. Therefore to get to Europe from Yunnan it has to go across china, across the pacific, across the US and then across the atlantic making it almost unusable. If they had data pipes going West on the proposed road/rail routes that could speed things up significantly.

Pictures from the tour in Chongqing
www.douban.com/photos/album/16827000/

video from Zebra festival
www.douban.com/video/4156/

United Colours of Music pics
www.douban.com/photos/album/14806227/

the event in Chinese

Latin Party
www.douban.com/event/10803050/

Krautpleaserz Tour - German Bold
www.douban.com/event/10803047/

invite your friends on facebook

Latin Party
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=98944441346

Krautpleaserz Tour - German Bold
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=86535883524

I wish the elevated rail were 1st priority, not the elevated 2d ring road. Bigger highways = more cars = more pollution, and all the other foolishness associated with cars.

That was one happy python I bet.

"CBA director Xin Lancheng singled out foreign players as being one of the league's major problems, saying they were overpaid and hard to manage, adding that rules regarding foreign players would be revised."

Typical. Blame the foreigners for not bending over backwards for their employers. 19 of 20 on the top scorers list were foreigners you say? How does that fit with them being "overpaid"?

Not sure...there's a list of rules on the website, perhaps you could ask a favor of a chinese friend and have him look through them for you.

Do you know if you have to be present in Kunming at that time to win?

There goes another one! How long does it take before PC deference means we have another extinct animal? The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world they were ignorant, and didn't know any better. Shameful.

www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/15/china-hydropower-dam

I wouldn't be too optimistic about this, there's too much money to be had.

Great that the government at least is trying to put some weight against raging capitalism when it potentially can devastate the ecology and environment in 3 provinces. Doubt it is more than a short intermission on the other hand.

cartoons... there was a great SARS-related poster which i saw in Shanghai of a guy strolling along, nonchalantly spitting a massive bomb.

no quarantine, just some public health posters with cartoons on them.

Better stock up on smokes, canned goods and drinks before going home then. I wonder if they let Lazy Bones into a quarantined building.

this was in the same block as I live. Anticipating an absurdly unnecessary house arrest on my return this evening like the poor lady in this article:

jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/[...]

Doesn't that girl look familiar? Anyone?