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The Geek Dinner – Network/Netplay

Hit “The City” last night for the inaugural Shanghai Geek Dinner, hosted by Christine of The China Business Network. It was the first “networking” event I’ve ever been to, and gave me a chance to whore myself a bit as well as finally put a dent in the massive pile of business cards I have. …

March 11, 2008
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My Favourite (Suzhou) Blogs

It used to be that I’d skim 10-20 blogs a day, with even more sitting in my feed reader should I have the extra time. I love blogs, love blogging and love the China blogsphere. In fact, it was just that love for it all that led me to setup the Hao Hao Report, a …

March 3, 2008
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Vote China Law Blog

Hey all, Dan Harris, over at the China Law Blog, is calling all readers to vote for his blog in the ABA Journal 100 Blawg competition. From his mouth: … I am begging all our loyal readers (and anyone else) to vote for China Law Blog. We are in the race of our lives (how’s …

November 29, 2007
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Will Ferrell: The Landlord

I’ve always resisted posting the funny videos that my mom sends me (daily, sometimes hourly) mostly because I’ve always assumed that once I start I’ll not stop. This blog would be a flood of random videos of lions hugging their saviors, negotiating with your dentist, and though she never sends me them, I wouldn’t be …

November 24, 2007
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Hao Hao Report Update

Hey all, in sticking with my best attempts at not cross-posting here and at Lost Laowai, but in the interests of still wanting you all to know about it – I’ve redesigned Hao Hao Report. Or, if you don’t want to go read about it – by all means, just check out the newly re-designed …

October 19, 2007
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The Long-needed Lost Laowai Facelift

Hey all, as most know I run another little site called Lost Laowai. It’s a community site dedicated to demystifying China with a no-nonsense approach. On top of the core site – featuring message boards, job listings, classifieds, and a number of other things – the site also plays host to a nifty little collaborative …

September 2, 2007
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Damn The Censors!

Anyone that reads this blog often enough knows that I’ve no love for censorship. I down-right loath it. Freedom of speech is the apex of [*hr*]. There is not a situation I can think of whereby I feel a person should have their ability to speak on any topic they desire taken away from them. …

July 26, 2007
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Linktastic: Conan, Dirty Water and a Baby

I’ve shied away from my Bloglines RSS reader for the past few days in an effort to get some serious work done on my secret project (if you here that buzz, it’s just the suspense), and now going through it I’m realizing there’s just a crapload going on. First, a big mazel tov for peer-see‘s …

July 13, 2007
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Announcing: Your China Pal

Hey all, I’m way behind in this announcing stuff, but wanted to wait until we had really got things going before plugging my newest venture on here. A friend of mine here in Suzhou and I have created this business as a way for foreigners visiting China to have access to an English-speaking local Chinese …

June 19, 2007
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