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Good and bad books read this year 21 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
[Chris w] Where are the Mew Gulls of the C21st? Why don't the current crop of Bright Young Things - who've got more cash then their equivalents in 1930 - combine partying with overwintering in Green...
excellent lists 16 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
Just breaking cover to thank the folks at Danwei for the blog’s inclusion in their annual Model Workers top China sites award. I’m among excellent company. Actually, I’m more likely outside on the pat...
Keeping 'em Peeled 14 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
[by Chris W] Open Democracy have got a special on policing with a heavy emphasis on the international dimension, featuring a few people I know (including my co-worker and collaborator Georgie Sinclai...
Regardez les ciels 7 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
[Chris W here] Alex knows this all already, because he is familiar with the miloblogosphere Francaise. But for the rest of us, this English-language rundown on what the wily Frenchman is planning to ...
read the skies 2 Aug 2013 | 01:43 am
Just popping in to note that my review of Brendan Koerner's The Skies Belong To Us is now up at the national. Spoiler: I liked it. Thanks to everyone who said nice things about the blog downpage. I d...
intermission 29 Jul 2013 | 11:35 pm
OK, what with one thing and another I think it's time to take a break for a while. I'll be back, but not necessarily in this format. Meanwhile, I'll post links when I'm lucky enough to have something ...
drive, he said 27 Jul 2013 | 09:32 pm
Old friend of the blog and all round fearsome literary dude Brendan O’Kane isn’t so much leaving China as nipping out for twenty Bensons and a four pack of Stella. From his departing interview: Do yo...
'he gassen' 27 Jul 2013 | 01:53 am
These depictions of Edo period Japanese biological warfare are quite remarkable. Available from Christie's if you're so minded.
bedroom vengeance device updated 26 Jul 2013 | 05:54 pm
The latest version of Alex Wellerstein's NUKEMAP is out, including a 3D version for people who want actual mushroom clouds with that graphic representation. Obviously, one gains a more profound unders...
a chat with the cops 26 Jul 2013 | 04:26 am
Xu Zhiyong is possibly the most moderate activist you can imagine: a Decembrist, basically (with a slightly weird emphasis on ‘love’ which sounds a bit like it came from Vaclav Havel’s latterday mysti...
