No, I haven't been reading any blogs lately. But as for favorites of mine, I rather like the fantasy girlfriend posts. There was also one about getting a haircut in China. I remember enjoying that one, but I'm not sure if it's been within the last year.
A leading presenter on China Central Television's English-language channel has revealed himself to be a xenophobic hate-monger. WHY does he still have a job? Lobby for his dismissal - by any and all means.
Days Ai Weiwei was detained
80
With ironic, sinister symmetry, the celebrity artist/activist was incarcerated on the same day that my friend Wu Yuren was finally released from 10 months' detention.
Now, like Wu, he's been released on extremely restrictive 'bail' terms - but could face re-arrest at any moment. He was detained incommunicado from April 3rd to June 22nd 2011.
Days Wu Yuren was in prison
307
"Released on parole" after 10 months; "parole" lifted another year later. The original charges against him were apparently dropped without his trial ever being formally concluded.
Froog is an escaped lawyer - but there is no need for alarm; he is only a danger to himself, not to the general public. An eternal wanderer, he now lives in an exotic city somewhere in the 'Third World' *, where he is held prisoner by an unfinished novel (or, more precisely, an unstarted novel). He spends a lot of time running, writing, taking photographs, and falling in love with women who fail to appreciate him. He also spends a lot of time in bars.
[* OK, I'll come clean: I've been living in Beijing since summer '02.]
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Haha! That's good.
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No, I haven't been reading any blogs lately. But as for favorites of mine, I rather like the fantasy girlfriend posts. There was also one about getting a haircut in China. I remember enjoying that one, but I'm not sure if it's been within the last year.
Nice to hear from you again!
I shall try to narrow you down on your 'selection' for the Annual Review.
Maybe I should try to throw some obscure Spanish quotation at you....?
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