at this Beijing Starbucks! Holiday music on the tunes, all the decorations up. They do Christmas right here!
I didn't get a picture of the Hagen-Daz employees in their Santa caps (fyi, this was a premium Hagen-Daz, with a maitre'd and wine)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Beijing air - "Crazy Bad" on Friday
Well, as if I needed the US Embassy to tell me!
US Embassy: Beijing Air Quality Is 'crazy Bad,' As Pollution Index Slides Off The Charts
BEIJING (AP) - Air pollution in Beijing was so bad Friday that the U.S. Embassy, which has been independently monitoring air quality, ran out of conventional adjectives to describe it, at one point saying it was "crazy bad."
The embassy later deleted the phrase, saying it was an "incorrect" description and adding that it was working to revise the language to use when the air quality index goes above its highest point of 500, which means the air is considered hazardous for all people by U.S. standards.
US Embassy: Beijing Air Quality Is 'crazy Bad,' As Pollution Index Slides Off The Charts
BEIJING (AP) - Air pollution in Beijing was so bad Friday that the U.S. Embassy, which has been independently monitoring air quality, ran out of conventional adjectives to describe it, at one point saying it was "crazy bad."
The embassy later deleted the phrase, saying it was an "incorrect" description and adding that it was working to revise the language to use when the air quality index goes above its highest point of 500, which means the air is considered hazardous for all people by U.S. standards.
What would Mao say?
Walking along Wangfujing Street in Beijing is like going down the fanciest, gaudiest Capitalist market places anywhere in the West.
I don't really care what Mao would say, it just makes me angry that so many people died and so much treasure was spent by both sides in a struggle that should never have occurred in the first place.
I don't really care what Mao would say, it just makes me angry that so many people died and so much treasure was spent by both sides in a struggle that should never have occurred in the first place.
The Great Helmsman
I guess I'm in one of the last generations that can look at this site and remember back to what China and this portrait of Mao meant to Americans.
'If seven maids with seven mops ...
'If seven maids with seven mops. Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,' the Walrus said, 'That they could get it clear?' - Lewis Carroll
There is an amazing amount of sweeping that goes on in Beijing, and yet, well, everything seems to remain rather dusty ...
There is an amazing amount of sweeping that goes on in Beijing, and yet, well, everything seems to remain rather dusty ...
Look Out! The slope is steep and the road is slippery
"Look Out! The slope is steep and the road is slippery"
As Keri said, "that just calls out to be a country song".
Sign on the way to the top of Jingshan Park.
As Keri said, "that just calls out to be a country song".
Sign on the way to the top of Jingshan Park.
Poor visibility in Beijing
Here is a picture of the Forbidden City from the top of Jingshan Park. You can barely make out the second set of gates.
It did clear up a small bit later in the day, but not much.
It did clear up a small bit later in the day, but not much.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Temple of Heaven
A quite amazing complex of temples, parks, walkways, and feral cats. You can't tell from this picture, but it was quite crowded. It was getting towards evening (this was around 3:30 pm) and the sky was gray from the pollution.
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