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Tough decisions ahead as PC manufacturers deal with Chinese censorship

07/06/09 8:02 P GMT+01
My new article about Chinese internet censorship and American PC manufacturers for Mainstreetok.com is up here. If you're interested, have a read!
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: July 4th and "authentic" German potato salad

07/06/09 3:26 P GMT+01
I've seen healthy -- and sometimes heated -- debates on American recipe websites about what "authentic German potato salad" really is, but one genuine version doesn't exist, just like most things "authentic", including Americans.
Ashley Moore

Ce n'est pas la vie: the easy life gets a little harder for foreigners in China

04/29/08 11:05 P GMT+01
Ce n'est pas la vie: This is not life. Or so the French in Beijing must be thinking this week. New visa rules that restrict travel for foreigners in advance of the Olympic Games are making the easy life a little harder for foreigners in China.
Ashley Moore

U.S. image is product of stereotypes, experiences by David Williams

04/03/08 8:49 A GMT+01
All Americans are rich and carry guns, and if they go to college, it plays out a lot like the movie "American Pie." Clearly, the bulk of these Chinese observations about American life came from a single city: Hollywood.
Ashley Moore

"Do nothing against your status"

12/04/06 7:34 A GMT+01
What follows is the dialog "How to Stop Illegal News Coverage" that appears in a training manual distributed to Beijing policemen learning English in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Ashley Moore

[Photo Album] Pingyao, China: September 2004

09/09/04 4:59 P GMT+01
Three coworkers and I took a weekend trip to Pingyao, a Chinese town made famous by the trading and banking systems that wealthy merchants in the area set up. The main attractions in Pingyao are the well-preserved city wall and the old merchants' hou
Ashley Moore

Xi'an Terra Cotta Warriors: May 2004

05/02/04 4:59 P GMT+01
One of the many great things about living in China is that they take three week-long holidays throughout the year. Over the May holiday, a coworker and I ventured out to see the Terracotta Warriors at Xi'an.
Ashley Moore

[Photo Album] Great Wall of China at Badaling: March 2004

03/01/04 4:59 P GMT+01
Holy meandering wall Batman. This place is amazing. Some people will dump on the commercialism and restoration process that has made it possible for this truly Great Wall to become a safe and thriving attraction, but independent of all of the "p
Ashley Moore

[Photo Album] This Chinese Life

01/01/04 4:59 P GMT+01
Here are some pictures from China that defy categorization. Click on the picture to read a description of what it is and where it was taken. Enjoy!
Ashley Moore

[Photo Album] Shanghai: October 2003

10/03/03 4:59 P GMT+01
Shanghai is like nothing that you'll see anywhere else in mainland China. Yeah, it's a big city that's been done before all over the western world, but it's an anomaly in China outside of Taiwan and Hong Kong. The architecture
Ashley Moore


 

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