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Thursday, 4 Jun 2009 | Views [165] | Video
It was strange days to be in China. Perhaps even stranger to be reflecting on these moments 20 years on. This is a well written piece about the iconic figure that stopped a line of tanks: http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/rebel.html ... Read more >
Tags: tiananmen, courage, democracy
Friday, 30 Nov 2007 | Views [519]
Smell. The first thing you notice is the smell. As you step off the air-conditioned train scents waft up from from bakeries and noodle shops to mix with the odours from the sewers and stale cigarettes.
Actually, in fairness, I find Shenzhen ... Read more >
Tags: work, business, culture, economy
Saturday, 12 May 2007 | Views [1012]
A quarter of a lifetime ago I stood on the Bund. As I gazed out from the shabby youth hostel in a grand old building right on the waterfront there was nothing but grey mud flats, swarms of bicycles, a handful of 'friendship stores' where the service ... Read more >
Tags: shanghai, youth, memories, capitalism
Sunday, 6 May 2007 | Photo Gallery
After a quarter of a lifetime, much has changed.
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Saturday, 11 Mar 2006 | Views [3018] | Comments [3]
Do you ever wonder how fragile our lives are and how they can turn on a dime? I mean really wonder? In 1918 one of my Grandfathers was fighting in WWI and leading a group of young men in the trenches in France (I think). A mortar round landed ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel, near miss, danger, chengdu, 1989, tiananmen square, anarchy, life, death, grenade
