Monday, August 30, 2010

The four musts of 政治体制改革 (political reform)

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I continue my vicarious interest in events in China – and how the system can adjust to the incredible environmental and social pressures now...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

what happens when the rivers run dry?

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Our taps run dry each morning at the moment – the water returns only about 07.00 when I finally flush the toilet and scamper around fillin...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Germany and China

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I am a rare British example of a Germanophile – it was bred by my father’s reconciliation (Versoehnungsmission) work in the late 1950s in th...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

tribes, traditions and transitions

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A time for superficial dipping – with another Amazon packet thudding onto the table. At the moment I’m locked into Jonathan Watt’s grim jou...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

idyllic summer days

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Superb weather for the past week – almost cloudless skies and generally with a cooling breeze which makes the trees around us dance in son e...
Monday, August 23, 2010

European conversations

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A lot of anxieties have been expressed in books and articles in revent years about what the internet is doing to us eg our minds and relatio...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

schools and what they do to you

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Here ‘s a nice job – wandering the streets of different European cities and taking photos to illustrate the fashion styles! You can catch th...
Saturday, August 21, 2010

consultant waste, claustrophobia in China

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Today’s Guardian carries a story that the UK Health Service spent 300 million pounds last year on management consultants – equal to the cos...