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Yang Rui must GO!
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.
Why was Wu Yuren in prison?
Why do I care about Wu Yuren?
How you might have helped Wu Yuren (and the many others like him in China)
Remembering the Tiananmen protests of 1989
About Me
- Froog
- 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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What does Froog look like?
Why can't I be Froog?
How did I come to be a blogger?
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Beating China's Net Censorship
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- Summary of tips on using the above methods
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Competitions, etc.
- The Search for Beijing's Longest-serving Cab Driver
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- What makes A GREAT BAR?
- Beijing v. Shanghai - which is the better city?
- Are vampires viable?
- Are zombies viable?
- What would your unusual super-power (and your Nemesis) be?
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- What is the best opening to a novel?
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- Is DVD piracy intrinsically BAD?
- Chinese food - the worst cuisine in the world?
Leave your bar jokes here
Leave your 'bad' jokes here
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12 comments:
Brilliant! Where did you find this?
I think it was on FrostFireZoo.com - but, unfortunately, the site seems to have just ceased to exist!
Nice to hear from you, Caren. Settling back into life in DC? Must be a bit of a cultureshock after two years in ZZ!
There was a whole series of similar looking ads done by a Church group. I don't know if this is part of the series or a copycat.
And, Caren, though I don't know you, should I be blaming you for bringing this unholy weather to DC?
It has been a culture shock. I'm thank my lucky stars every day that I can drink water out of the tap & use "western" toilets.
I'm just now starting to miss China. I needed the break.
British Cowboy, don't blame me for the weather! When I left ZZ it was 100 degrees there!
And BC where in Arlington do you live?? I'm near the Pentagon & Pentagon City.
Crazy, small world.
I am no longer in Arlington. I am now in happy Delray, Arlandria, Linden Gardens, whatever you want to call it...
Just off Mount Vernon Avenue. At a house Froog has studiously refused to visit, despite the presence of spare bedrooms and spare beds.
Where is ZZ?
Zhengzhou is the provincial capital of Henan, a large and almost entirely charmless industrial city a couple of hundred miles south of Beijing.
I will visit next year - and then you'll be sorry. I think you had omitted to mention your superfluity of beds and bedrooms.... although I had come to rather enjoy the studenty squalor of dossing on your sofa-bed.
ooooh, Delray's cute!
Hey Zhengzhou had dust. Lots and
lots of dust. And the charm of country folk moving into the "big" city! And good Xinjiang restaurants... Who am I kidding, it's a hole.
So you're making a Stateside visit next year? Yehaw! We'll have to drink ourselves stupid like we did the last time you were here. And you can always stay with me and the Kraut, if need be.
I have a spare room, and a finished basement with a futon in it. The sofa bed has been donated to E&S.
And yes, Delray rocks. Ever been to the Evening Star, Caren?
We've a spare room with lots of crap, no futon or basement, but a sleeper sofa! :)
I've not been. I'm carless, so I don't get to that area often. Is it delish?
The restaurant is wonderful - chef was just guest chef at the White House. There is a very nice bar attached - GREAT wine list and good selection of beers.
As for lack of car - it is about a $7 cab ride for you. 2000 Mt Vernon Ave.
The neighborhood is really picking up. New restaurants, a great little cheese store with wine bar, we even have a proper butcher just opened. Oh, and the Dairy Godmother, which if you have not ever been there, well, you have never eaten ice cream.
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