(This was originally written as a guest column for The Beijinger, but the censors apparently didn’t find it as funny as I did, and it didn’t make it into print.)
Brendan O’Kane, The Beijinger’s new war correspondent, contributed this piece while in Beijing on vacation from his regular posting in Baghdad.
[DATELINE: FEBRUARY 13, 2010]
Beijing is under [...]
bokane.org
You are currently viewing the category archives of Interesting Times
Category Archives: Interesting Times
BREAKING NEWS: Explosions Rock Chinese Capital
Interesting Times (I): Confucius on SARFT
Yesterday afternoon, word got out that the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) — the wild and crazy guys responsible for approving foreign films for screening in China, issuing shooting permits and then distribution permits for Chinese movies, and spoiling everyone’s fun once things get too popular — was dropping the axe on [...]