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The Internets have provided an almost embarrassing bounty of China- and Asia-related travel stories and news in the past week, now rounded up here for your convenience. Don’t miss the latest on the mess that is traveling in China during the October holiday. Bound for China? Don’t go to Tibet: Tibet will be closed to [...]
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The two-week-long riot-avoidance tour* of Gansu and Qinghai provinces has come to a highly successful and riot-free end. I’m in Guangzhou for a day — tomorrow, it’s off to Hong Kong for work. Unfortunately, flu symptoms mean that I’m spending the day on the couch. Although I would have liked to explore the Glasses Market [...]
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As information trickles out about the protests and violence in Xinjiang over the weekend, I have mixed feelings about being outside of China for what appears to be a very significant series of events. On the one hand, I wish I knew what (if anything) was happening to the Uighurs who live in my neighborhood, [...]
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Norway wasn’t lacking for Internet connections, but I wasn’t exactly eager to spend time glued to a computer screen. As a result, my welcome-home present was a Google Reader crowded with new and interesting posts. A few of the highlights: The recent uptick in Chinese web censorship: Rebecca Mackinnon offers a comprehensive roundup of “The [...]
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A few recent items of interest: This New Yorker interview brought my attention to Earnshaw Books, which republishes old books on China, with a specific focus on foreigners’ accounts of their travels through China. I’ll be adding “Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom” to my to-read pile ASAP. An AP correspondent in China offers this [...]
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