Accessing the Internet in China has been an experience. Knowing that all Internet traffic is routed through a state-controlled proxy, I was dubious as to…
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The Pudong region was, until a few years ago, marsh land on the “wrong side” of the river. In a similar way that London’s Docklands…
2 CommentsJust a quick update of what we’ve been up to here in Shanghai. Nanjing Road “China’s No1 Shopping Street” which happens to include the unbelievably…
Comments closedSofia and I stumbled upon a serious house fire this morning on the way to the metro station. Tibet Street is lined with skyscraper buildings…
One CommentSofia and I are enjoying Shanghai, but we’ve discovered a couple of not-so-great aspects about the city: Stinky smells One of the most noticeable shocks…
2 CommentsOn the eve of my holiday, someone decided it would be funny to subscribe my work email address to a “Communism Community” mailing list. Annoyingly…
3 CommentsWell, here we are in The Mother Land that is China.
We took off on Sunday afternoon from Terminal 5 at Heathrow (yes it’s not in use yet). There was a problem with getting their plane to a Terminal 3 gate so they bussed us out, via some ellaborate air-side road tunnels under the airport, to where they were holding some Virgin Atlantic planes. As you will see from the photo the holding area itself is within the grounds of the brand new Terminal 5 comples.
After a fairly pleasant 10.5 hr flight, we landed at Pudong International Airport on the outskirts of Shanghai. The first thing that strikes you about Pudong airport (other than the fact that it has 28 runways) is how modern and efficient it is.
2 CommentsMy regular splurge of… Industry news you’ve already read elsewhere, Quarrels with marketers, Minor political & social irreverence, and “Who cares?” announcements from the BBC…
Comments closedI couldn’t quite believe my ears when the person in front of me in the queue at Starbucks ordered (in a dead-pan voice): “A tall…
One CommentSorry folks, the blog suffered a bit of downtime this this morning and yesterday. I accidently changed the wrong attiribute on a folder permission, and…
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