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Category: (Connected Traveler Technology Showcase)
... and Chargers Your gear is valuable. I once fried an expensive videotape machine in Beijing after a power spike. Always carry some sort of surge surpressor. Mark recommends a Global ...Created on 22 January 2013 -
Category: (Europe)
... "night they invented détente," when Richard Nixon and Chou Enlai toasted to peace in Beijing. Davies gave me a bottle from the batch, a 1969 Blanc de Blancs. It might seem sacrilegious, but I didn't like ...Created on 13 March 2012 -
Category: (Wine Country)
... Chou Enlai toasted to peace in Beijing. Davies gave me a bottle from the batch, a 1969 Blanc de Blancs. It might seem sacrilegious, but I didn't like it. Too dry. A matter of taste, I am sure. Nixon and ...Created on 13 March 2012 -
Category: (Video)
... the point where it now almost a lounge routine. Its original symbolism was scaring away wild animals. Today's Beijing is a big time Face Change Act. I was almost denied a visa because I had "media" ...Created on 20 April 2011 -
Category: (Asia)
... a new suit with the labels and price tags still attached. That, by the way, is very Chinese. I was in Beijing last fall on a business trip and while the bosses wore their designer suits western style, ...Created on 04 August 2006 -
Category: (Essays)
Taxis_of_the_World Taking a taxi ride is an instant way to form some conclusions about a place. In Beijing, for example, I was assaulted by a silent driver and Chinese rap song that kept going on and ...Created on 04 August 2006 -
Category: (Asia)
... Beijing and Shanghai since before the revolt. China, today, has much to shout about, lots to applaud and a some things that will make you retch and run for the fire exit. ...Created on 31 July 2006