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pjmooney Yoichi Shimatsu leaps to defense of fellow lunatic: Why Yang Rui must not quit despite criticisms mostly from the West spyghana.com/world-news/asi… about 13 hours ago via Tweet Button Retweeted by bokane
@beijingboyce Yes, I remember reading that and rolling my eyes at the "administered without his knowledge" part. 8:10 AM May 26th via web in reply to beijingboyce
@beijingboyce Probably - haven't spent much time there since South Street days. Heard more reports of brawls the past couple years, though. 7:44 AM May 26th via web in reply to beijingboyce
Sanlitun skid row has been the site of random violence the past 2 years; apparently getting an early start this year. cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/articl… 7:37 AM May 26th via web
brendankoerner Truly Kafkaesque: "I do not know, even now, why I was at Guantánamo": ow.ly/1MMGUG 6:10 AM May 26th via HootSuite Retweeted by bokane and 2 others
RandomTEDTalks Awesome News For The Bottom Billion: I Can Hold My Breath For 17 Min 3:55 PM May 25th via TweetDeck Retweeted by bokane and 12 others
RandomTEDTalks Simple Couture Designs That Could Power A Nuclear Powered Rocket To Saturn 10:02 AM May 25th via web Retweeted by bokane and 13 others
pocahontasshole Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22 forbidding homosexuality: £200. Not knowing that Leviticus 19:28 forbids tattoos: Priceless. twitter.com/pocahontasshol… 9:08 AM May 22nd via web Retweeted by bokane and 22259 others
ShangYang2 The two-flies rule was a one day story? Wonder why it became a story in the first place. 4:17 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by bokane
harikunzru Breach of brand protection at Olympics is *criminal* not civil offence bit.ly/INNDBi 4:45 AM May 25th via TweetDeck Retweeted by bokane and 10 others
MaryKayMagistad Is class still an issue in China? Villagers in a Jiangxi county Mao visited have surprising answers. My dispatch: theworld.org/2012/05/china-… 1:20 AM May 25th via Tweet Button Retweeted by bokane and 6 others
Bendilaowai A greeting card sent by the Chen family to actor Christian Bale earlier this year twitter.com/pearlher/statu… via @pearlher 8:49 PM May 24th via web Retweeted by bokane and 10 others
KaiserKuo New Sinica Podcast just went up: Victor Mair, "The Indiana Jones of China" (with @david__moser, @goldkorn and me). ow.ly/b8MG4 10:21 PM May 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by bokane and 5 others
@BridgetEMOB Thanks, Bridget. 11:56 PM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to BridgetEMOB
@PhelimKine Standard rhetorical tactic: [ASSERTION], because [SAME ASSERTION]. Sad part is, I think they honestly do find it convincing. 11:56 PM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to PhelimKine
isaacstonefish I wrote an article in 2010 about how some Chinese publishers were hawking the Talmud as a guide to business- thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/… 12:55 PM May 24th via web Retweeted by bokane and 1 other
@xiaomi2020 @evawoo There must be a way to keep the wordplay in there somehow, but nothing comes to mind at the moment... 2:30 PM May 24th via web in reply to xiaomi2020
Chen Guangcheng's brother escapes from apparently the worst guards ever: washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pac… 12:10 AM May 24th via web
globaltimesnews VIEW: More informed public means greater range of attitudes bit.ly/JeB10V 12:07 AM May 24th via bitly Retweeted by bokane
@niubi on Yang Rui's posts abt Jews: sinocism.com/?p=4902. Suspect "racialism" is better word than "racism" when discussing attitudes here. 12:08 AM May 24th via web

Name Brendan O'Kane
Location Beijing
Web http://bokane.org
Bio Writer, translator, amateur pedant and closet optimist. Living mostly inside my head, and also Beijing.