This transcript was not translated by me. My Chinese is not that good. It was sent to me by a Chinese friend... Dear Premier Wen, with great challenge I escaped. All the rumours and accusatio...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2012/04/full_transcript.html
I'm currently using the following two images as the lock screen wallpaper and home screen wallpaper, respectively, on my iPhone, and thought some of you might like to do the same. Click for the p...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2011/12/ai_weiwei_iphon.html
...can be found here (and here ).
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2010/03/an_interesting.html
News, information, and hearsay about northwest China from a blogger who lived for 3 years inside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Now written from Beijing.
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2009/10/happy_halloween.html
I picked up this carpet (rug?) at a second-hand shop in Beijing yesterday. Can you tell that I'm an impulse buyer? I have no idea who this is supposed to be. My only guess from browsing thro...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2009/03/who_is_my_carpe.html
And in Beijing, no less... I shot this at the Ditan Park Temple Fair yesterday, where I found Osama selling rubber masks and Ox-themed headgear to the masses. The fair was a total zoo, but as t...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2009/01/i_found_osama_b.html
Another year, another animal crossed-off the Chinese zodiac, as I slowly but surely move towards completing the whole twelve-year cycle. I shot the above video last night in the square betwe...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2009/01/im_alive_happy.html
Somebody really, really cares about me! And he's been nice enough to write a rambling, semi-psychotic diatribe all about me. Think I'm joking? Well, he cares thiiiiiiiis much: I'll let you ...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2008/12/one_dorks_fatwa.html
A stumper for your next quiz night: Name all of the countries that have exploded atomic weapons in Xinjiang. The answer: China and... Pakistan? Crazy stuff in today's New York Times nuclea...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2008/12/pakistan_nukes.html
The Jamestown Foundation has added a new chapter in its never-ending quest to figure out anything solid on organized Uyghur terrorism: > On November 16, a self-proclaimed al-Qaeda spokes...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2008/12/abdul_haq_turki.html
One of the great things about the LIFE photo archive on Google is that it's now possible to pair-up old TIME Magazine articles with their long-lost photos. It takes a bit of detective work, b...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2008/12/life_with_sheng.html
You know you read too many Beijing blogs when... ... you see a photo of muppets in the New York Times and notice a striking resemblance to a number of prominent bloggers. From left to right,...
http://china.notspecial.org/archives/2008/12/beijing_muppets.html