April 3, 2006
by Joe
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This is a great idea, beautifully implemented: ChinesePod I like the fact that they’ve broken down the podcasts into newbie, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I especially like their business model: Distribute the podcasts for free, and charge for the additional … Continue reading
February 28, 2006
by Joe
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China’s propaganda machine is amazing. Just now I brought down a search for 730 articles from Google News on how China’s leadership has become absolutely hysterical over Taiwan’s dissolution of the useless and non-operational unification council. Most of the articles … Continue reading
January 29, 2006
by Joe
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Google China’s Image Search for “Tiananmen” http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen What the rest of the world sees: http://images.google.com/images?q=tiananmen Hmmmm…. Update: Apparently this is currently pretty easy to defeat. As of this writing they’ve already fixed the “Tiananmen” spelling, but a few random mixed … Continue reading
June 25, 2005
by Joe
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The Winnipeg Sun has a clever title for this article though: Spotlight – Holland invaded China – two times As the Chinese government slowly eased its restrictions on jazz, bassist Dave Holland had a whole new audience to win over. … Continue reading