It is reported that the beneficial policy of free transportation will be canceled due to the heavy traffic burden which has far exceeded capacity of the city’s transport systems. Just one week of its implementation, the policy has to be annulled. I’m wondering why such absurdities happen repeatedly all over China. It reflects an irresponsible [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Guangzhou: Free Public Transit Canceled
Posted in Allen's China, tagged asian games, bureaucrats, canceled, free transportation on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The Mean Genes”
Posted in Allen's Life, tagged gene, genetically, inherited, mean, miser, stingy on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just can’t help blogging by my cellphone though it’s so inconvenient, because I can do it on my company’s shuttle bus, which saves a lot of time for me. Let’s come up to the chalk,now! Here’s a news about misers, who are too stingy about their money. A recent study done by some scientists shows [...]
The Magic ATMs
Posted in Allen's China, Allen's Life, tagged ATM, Guangzhou on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another interesting news. A new type of ATM has begun serving the money drawers in Guangzhou recently. What is magic about this machine is that drawers who wear masks, sunglasses or hats trying to hide their appearances will be rejected. The physical appearances will be required when a drawing request is being processed. This is [...]
The Power of Censorship
Posted in Allen's China, Allen's Life, tagged Beijing, censorship, speech freedom on November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I received a message from sina microblog administrator ,informing me one of the comments I made had been deleted due to some sensative wordings in it. To be honest, I made the comment on a news covering a case in Shanxi Province related to house demolition. A man in his early 50s was beaten [...]
Food Or Life?
Posted in Allen's Life, tagged food, Life, struggle on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a picture from today’s China Daily mobile version. A baby elephant was attacked by a crocodile when drinking water by a pond where the crocodile was hiding. The hungry crocodile was trying hard to pull its prospective delicacy into the water while the calf elephant was straining every nerve to break away from the [...]
Billionairs’ Housing Allowances
Posted in Allen's China, Allen's Life, tagged billionairs, housing allowances, Ma huateng, Shenzhen, tecent on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s spotlight Shenzhen this time. A recent sensational news blasted the internet. In a list publicized by Shenzhen local government shows that some billionairs are among those who are receiving housing allowances. The news has aroused great indignation among the netizens and has triggered heating discussions nationwide. The topic has turned into several big question-marks: [...]