Opinions and observations on FOI legislation and electronic-government in China and other jurisdictions. Maintained by Ben Wei, lecturer at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law.

DHL Job Cuts ... Er, Restructuring, written 2 days ago, DHL Express, one of the popular courier companies with easy to recognize red and yellow company colors, has resorted to restructuring of operations. It seems that the economic crisis is starting to spread to other industries from the traditiona...

Winter Is Here, written 1 week ago, The last few days has been cooler (around 15C/59F) and is a reminder to me that Winter has finally arrived. It's warmer today, as will the next few days, so I took this opportunity to go for a longer walk with the kids very early this morning. Sun was out, a...

Be aware of the danger of a foreign language, written 3 days ago, When one deals with a foreign language, there is always a chance to produce (sometimes hilarious) errors. This blog has cautioned readers against the danger of relying on automated translation services. Now it seems consulting with a ...

Obama Wins The US Presidency!, written 2 weeks ago, YES! Senator Barack Obama has successfully won the 2008 Presidential Campaign and has been elected as the 44th President of The United States of America, the first African-American President in history triumph that overcome racial barriers. Result...

Short Post and a Pointer, written 1 month ago, My weblog will celebrate its second anniversary pretty soon.  I know that over the past two years, I managed to entertain and interest at least one reader.  I would like to use this opportunity to thank him sincerely for reading, commenting on occasio...

The not so perky perks of being a doctor's wife......., written 2 days ago, So, as I mentioned previously, last night my in-laws were going to take us out to dinner to celebrate Sam's graduation. After we had lunch, Sam had to go back to work for a few hours. He thought he could be done by about 6:3...

Baidu debuts ecommerce platform, written 1 month ago, Long awaited ecommerce platform by leading search engine Baidu has finally started on a trial basis at the end of last month. 10,000 users are now already operating their online shops through the new C2C portal which has been hyped as the Taobao-...

An Englishman living in Hong Kong since 1994 enjoying life and friendships with quirks and foibles. Life and musings and fun from a Hong Kong expat.

what happens when copyright violations occur abroad? (part 2), written 1 week ago, Having said what I did in my previous post, you may be wondering if there really is anything else to follow up.  My answer: of course there is!  (that’s why this is a 3 part series, and not a one shot deal) What h...

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Cool fish !!!, written 1 week ago,

Six Thinking Hats, written 4 days ago, Six hats, six types of thinking to aid our design process.

川菜　Chuan Cai - Sichuan spicy food, written 2 months ago, If your looking for spicy food in china, the place to go is Sichuan province. Sichuan is famous for its spicy food, the food in the province is chuan cai(川菜) named after the province. I went to a restaurant in Chengdu (成都）, and...

This blog came into being shortly after I began to notice an alarming inability to talk at length about anything except China.

My Classmate's Home, written 1 month ago, Zhang, Wang and Yuan were three of my classmates in Shanghai Maritime University 18 years ago, last year I met them at Yuan's home and was proud of them, Zhang has become the well-known enterpriser in Qingdao, Wang is a professor in our mother university, bu...

Picture maps: Ireland, France and Italy, and Corea, written 2 days ago, Koreans made this map, allegedly in response to some Japanese derision that they are rabbits. This is a propaganda map by a Japanese around the time prior to the 1905 Russo-Japanese War (but the language used was Chinese and E...

Musings and meditations on Chinese politics, life, and a plethora of other unrelated topics.

My blog is about MSM representation of China, and, incidentally, it's about Chinese politics, society, and economics. In every post I try to cover a specific argument providing as many useful and reliable links as i can. For Italian translation go to http

Blog about our experience as expats living and working in Beijing.