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ZNH SNAP: Want to join the PLA?

no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:30:00 PST

A potential soldier jumps to attention at a PLA 2008 winter recruitment session in Changde, Hunan Province. The original photo can be found here. ZNH welcomes photo submissions for our home page. Click here for details.

4 Years Later, Leaving China

no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:30:00 PDT

The crisp, clean fall air in Beijing portends the arrival of winter. But this writer will no longer be living in Beijing to experience it.

ZNH Snap: Yarkland, Xinjiang

no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:30:00 PDT

Photo courtesy nozomiiqel via Flickr. ZNH welcomes photo submissions for our home page. Click here for details.

Snapped a good pic? Let's see it

no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:30:00 PDT

We're looking for more shots of life in Greater China (yes, including you, Taiwan!). If you have a photo you'd like to share, upload it on to Flickr and tag it with zhongnanhaiblog. We'll feature your photos periodically on our home page.

Handy hints for a harmonious Beijing visit

no@spam.com (Hugh J.) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:00 PDT

Hugh J. puts together a handy list for visitors to Beijing: Remember: It’s not smog - it’s ‘haze’. Despite the fact you may feel as though ten shot put competitors are standing on your chest at the same time, in Beijing, simply renaming something actually makes it so. In the case of smog, simply re-designating it ‘haze’ is said to actually change the chemical composition of the air. Don’t ask me how this works.

No Bunz gives a lesson in hot dogs

no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Who'd have thought that it would take this long to get a decent hot dog in Beijing? China's glitzy capital now has every cuisine imaginable, including Ethiopian and Afghan. Nearly every major foreign chain has set up shop here and nearly every western amenity can be found. Except the hot dog. Until now.

Seduced by sultry Guangzhou

no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:30:00 PDT

That first night, as some burly Africans wandered the hallway in my hotel near Huanshi Dong Lu phoning "massage girls", I was thinking, what am I doing here? The big cement overpasses outside weren't exactly pretty to look at, either.

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no@spam.com (Chris Chaplin) — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:00:00 PDT

BEIJING - A man cycles by one of the many buildings being cleared near the capital's Long Distance Bus Station.

Navigating Hong Kong's transportation labyrinth

no@spam.com (Saul Symonds) — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:00:00 PDT

Eleven million passenger journeys are registered on pubic transport everyday, and with the upcoming Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge it seems Hong Kong will be more connected than ever. Perhaps with the upcoming Olympics Hong Kong's public transportation system will receive a thorough testing for the pure volume of human traffic it can handle.

Braving the Ngong Ping cable car - or not

no@spam.com (Saul Symonds) — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT

Back in 2006, during the trial run, one cabin collided with the station, and the whole contraption was suspended leaving a number of people trapped in their cabins for hours. Official opening date was pushed back, and once the service got off the ground, there was the rather worrying incident in June of last year in which one car fell to the ground, (which the government referred to as the “dislodgement incident”).