From the Asia Society, an interesting site on air pollution in Beijing featuring an interview with (my former prof.) Orville Schell, a look at the stats, links to news stories and some amazing photos.
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So I have just been to register at the Main Press Center and in the process was handed a nifty backpack with a bunch of useful stuff like media guides, bus routes etc. During these sort of jamborees reporters usually get given bits and piece by corporate sponsors and governments, most of it fairly disposable. [...]
Last night, as I was enjoying a couple of glasses of Moët & Chandon 1959—and let us pause here, to briefly admire the smugness of that opening remark—the full extent of Hong Kong’s oenological journey (indeed my personal one) was made clear. Twenty years ago, “a drink with dinner” meant, to me as it did [...]
Since I’ve rambled here at length about my neighborhood, I thought I’d direct you to one last piece on it that I wrote for the magazine. And subject you to one more tale for the blog. Yesterday morning I was awakened shortly before 5 a.m. by the sound of someone calling out. Usually it takes [...]
