Posted on Saturday, 12 July 2008 by 克莱夫
Actually I’m not sure if China is preparing for a sports event, i.e. running around in circles, jumping over obstacles, throwing things, generally fooling around and having a good time, or about to go to war. Reading websites such as the China Daily [CD] and the Shanghai Daily [SD] you might be excused [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 5 July 2008 by 克莱夫
The PRC government is making an effort to systematically clear out foreigners residing and working in China, particularly those in Beijing. That the clear-out is widespread is not disputed and no one with a non-Chinese skin is safe no matter how long they have lived in China and no matter what they are there [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 31 May 2008 by 克莱夫
Thank you to Beijing Olympics FAN for bringing this posting on the This Is China blog to my attention.
Every country which hosts the Olympics adds a little extra flavour which is all its own, but no one has done this on such a grand scale as China with the resulting outcome that the Olympic element [...]
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Posted on Friday, 30 May 2008 by 克莱夫
Bad news. After 99 days and six and half thousand kilometres Joachim Lent has decided to call it a day. Details on this latest posting. Other riders have joined and left the tour as it has progressed and no doubt others will do the same for the last 5,000 kilometres. No [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 29 May 2008 by 克莱夫
The two blog postings covering the entry to China are particularly significant as they cross borders into the final country and the flavour of the tour takes another change. Some things remain the same, for now, they are still passing through Moslem territory, the terrain is still mountainous but everything takes on Chinese characteristics. [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 29 May 2008 by 克莱夫
A few more entries on the Express Bank of the Accor Beijing website allows us to progress the route a little further. My comments are in italics.
5月26日，我们今天骑行97公里到了pattoki，没有合适的旅馆，在加油站的房间借宿。离拉合尔80公里。
May 26th – cycled 97 kms to Pattoki. No suitable hotels available. A gas station is mentioned, possibly this is where they slept.
今天骑行78公里到拉合尔。老莫在单独骑行时被98个警察轮流护送。
May 27th – [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 29 May 2008 by 克莱夫
As the tour entered Kirgyzstan something significant was going to happen as the planned route on travellerspoint suddens starts wriggling around and the stops are much closer together. As might be guessed immediately after leaving Osh the Silk Road passes through mountainous country, so lots of zig-zagigng, ups and downs and aching knees for [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 29 May 2008 by 克莱夫
Here’s a useful posting, on Simpson’s Paradox, all about how to make use of a volume of The Thorn Birds . . . .
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Posted on Monday, 26 May 2008 by 克莱夫
Grasping the meaning of the brief messages on the Express Bank is a little more complicated now the party has divided and the entries sometimes contain snippets from each sub-party. But, overall, it looks as if they are back in cycling mode, as opposed to travelling by bus or train.
2008-05-23
乘火车上午到了木尔坦，已住下。莫汉艺坚持去卡拉奇，我们尊重他的选择，昨日在奎达车站送别。
On the morning [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 by 克莱夫
Today we have a collection of two blog entries, both posted on the 19th May, and two short, but very significant, Express Bank entries from the Accor Beijing website.
The entries are not in any particular logical order so it is necessary to read through the whole lot to keep them in some sort of perspective. [...]
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