Monthly Archives: June 2009

Xi’an Shots: Horses for courses

By Cankles | Published: June 11, 2009
Playing the tourists this week we headed to Xi’an to sneak a peak into China’s ye olde times. Ye olde Xi’an had – and impressive it was – but I’m a bit tired of the dynasty history right now. In the meantime, here’s a few horses that were going for more than 100,000rmb. The horses [...]
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Learn to read Chinese characters

By Cankles | Published: June 5, 2009
Some days I think I’ve come so far in talking and getting around in Shanghai and China. And then sometimes, things turn out like this recent cooking event: Jenni: Can you pick up sweet potato? Me: Sure. Beer/Wine? Jenni: Not tonight. Me: Me too. I could murder one. I’ll grab a couple. [Meanwhile...back at the [...]
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Shanghai’s 1st Pride Festival

By Cankles | Published: June 4, 2009
I’ve heard and read so many conversations about this week’s anniversary (all in English, mostly by idiots) that I’m not sure adding my 2 cents – especially while living in China – is worth anyone’s useful time. So, for a moment, I’d like to talk about gay penguins. Yes, gay penguins – hear me out. [...]
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Top 10 Annoying Tweets (you won’t read in China)

By Cankles | Published: June 2, 2009
It seems the procrastination will not be Twitterized on June 4 or anytime soon in China – Twitter along with other sites have been blocked this week. While the Twitterverse (mostly expats) will go into a spin about this I thought I’d post up some of those regular posts you’ll be missing out on in [...]
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Flickr and Twitter blocked in China

By Cankles | Published: June 2, 2009
“Rest assured I was on the Internet within seconds registering my disgust throughout the world” – Comic Book Guy. That’s right folks, I can confirm with people in Shanghai and Beijing that Twitter and Flickr are both down. Probably while this sensitive time of year is upon us. If you’re visiting this site from inside [...]
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Q&A: Cosmetic Surgery in Shanghai

By Cankles | Published: June 1, 2009
On any given day in Shanghai it’s not unusual to see and hear people originating from all corners of the globe. With such a mash-up of different cultures, languages, races, and influence I’ve been curious to know what the ideals of beauty are here. I mean, other than ginger folks who quite obviously sit at [...]
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