[Additional Expo related articles and posts here, here, here, and here. More to come in the days and weeks ahead.] Quite a bit of discussion on Shanghai Scrap, and elsewhere, on whether or not US interests are served by building a pavilion for Shanghai’s Expo 2010. That’s good: Americans need to be thinking seriously about…
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The US Expo 2010 Pavilion Totters
Posted on Author AdamPosted in Architecture, Expo 2010, Expo 2010 - US Pavilion, US Politics, US-China Policy47 Replies
Late yesterday afternoon Expo 2010 organizers announced that all national pavilion construction work must begin by June 30. Those who miss the deadline will not be allowed to build their own pavilions, and must instead seek space in a “standardized” pavilion or use a common pavilion. The statement didn’t single out any particular country, but…
Expo 2010 Site from WAY above the river.
[Perhaps it was too much sun. In any case, the title of this post has been changed on the suggestion of several readers and one commentator.] Early this afternoon a companion and I climbed the 367 steps to the top of Shanghai’s Lupu Bridge where, 550 meters (1800 feet) at a still undetermined elevation 100…
Far from Black and White: Mara Hvistendahl on China’s ‘Patriotic’ Hackers
Posted on Author AdamPosted in Appreciations and Recommendations, Computing, US-China Policy9 Replies
In late March, Infowar Monitor revealed the existence of GhostNet, a computer spying network that had inflitrated at least 1295 hosts in 103 countries. According to the report issued by the investigators, ownership of the network was unclear, but “circumstantially” pointed to China. For media more accustomed to reporting on computers than China, “China” in…
Don’t sneeze at others: SARS memories for a swine flu present
Now that swine flu hysteria is close to full bloom, I dug into the old photo archive and pulled up this classic set of instructional posters from SARS-era Shanghai. For a couple of months during Winter/Spring 2003, these were pasted everywhere – every spare wall (anybody out there remember if these showed up in other…
In which the China blogger demonstrates his versatility.
This is a China blog (and, sometimes, ahem, a Northwest Airlines blog), and I’ve tried to exercise some editorial discipline in maintaining that focus. But, truth is, I have other interests, and it wasn’t so many years ago that I was writing about some of them. So, in a rare break from protocol, please allow…
“But is Obama good for China?”
It’s the question that my Chinese friends have been asking for months. So, for their sake, I’m quite pleased to announce that – as of yesterday – those seeking insights into how the new Obama administration views China, now need look no further than the totally revamped White House website. Under the “Agenda” tab, click…
In China: No Obama, but how ’bout them Cards! – UPDATED
The Obama inauguration took place at 1 AM, China time, but circumstances conspired to place me in a location where I could not watch the ceremonies live (via cable, satellite, or stream). On the bright side, that unforeseen circumstance allows your correspondent to report that the inauguration was not broadcast live on Chinese television (at…
The Victory Belongs to You …
So long as you don’t mind paying almost nine dollars for an Obamatini. [Let’s file this one under: Dept. of Self-Parodying, Obamatini-Sipping, Recession-Era Democrats] Last night, the Shanghai chapter of Democrats Abroad, an official arm of the Democratic Party, held an Obama victory party at the Glamour Bar, one of Shanghai’s more expensive nightlight venues.…
Obama’s Shanghai Noon
I joined what I’d estimate to be roughly 300 Americans at Malone’s, a three-story American-style sports bar hung with tens of televisions tuned to CNN. For reasons that weren’t entirely clear to me, the drapes were closed, and so – despite the fact that the returns started coming in at 8 AM – the three…