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When we were in Beijing, Em asked our tour guide what happened in Tiananmen Square. She gave some ill-informed answer about the protesters not liking Deng Xiaoping’s successor. I say “ill-informed” because I believe maybe, just maybe, she didn’t know the whole truth. How she uses that to justify people being run over by tanks [...]
Upon learning that I’ve just been to Beijing, most people seem to ask only two questions: Are the toilets really bad? And, are the people rude?
No, the toilets aren’t bad. Well, most of them anyway. The worst toilet we came across – or rather, that Em came across – was a public toilet three [...]
I loved:
The sights.
The goofing around.
The language.
But most of all, the company.
I did not love:
The smog.
At the end of an alarmingly productive week, I finally relax, knowing I have no outstanding items on my to-do list. Chris and Em arrive in just over four hours and we leave for Beijing tomorrow. It’ll be our first time there. I’m not quite sure what to expect.
See you in nine days.
Beijing 2008 has finally begun. The last time I watched the opening ceremony of a summer Olympic Games, I was still a university student. So much has happened since, naturally.
I love, love, love the Olympic Games. It’s the perfect melting pot of sporting excellence, thrills and spills, good-looking people, inspiration and miracles. Anything [...]
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