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someone didn't get the memo

An article in the NYT about the chinese economy has this amazing ringer at the end. after a whole discussion of why china won't devalue the renmenbi, it mentions an incident during the climate change conference in copenhagen:

"[Wen] had not deliberately skipped the meeting, as some at the conference charged. Mr. Wen’s absence from that session, which was attended by President Obama and other leaders, has been touted by critics as a symbol of China’s intransigence on climate issues at the conference, which ended without reaching many of its key goals.

“Why was China not notified of this meeting? So far no one has given us any explanation about it, and it still is a mystery,” [Wen] said.

hmmm. maybe someone should notify the distinguished leader that no one told me is not really an acceptable excuse anymore once you become the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

channel me- week 2

sports fans!

channel me's second installment at the arrow factory will commence sunday (feb 21, 2010) at 16:00! music, cooking, the fashion police, oh my! and that's not all- wangwei and i will be organizing the 健身乒乓球世界杯 Exercise Ping-Pong World Cup Competition. what is that, you ask? well, here's the brief:

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Fierce competitors from all over the globe will gather at the Arrow Factory Sunday Feb 21, 2010 at to compete for the Exercise Ping Pong World Cup Championship.

2010年2月21日的北京，来自世界各国的选手汇聚在箭厂空间争夺首届健身乒乓球世界杯的冠军。

The single elimination matches will take place using a small folding table with spices and bottles lined up across the middle as a net.

选手以分组淘汰制的方式进行比赛，比赛用桌经组委会一致通过选用白色“我台”演播桌，拦网由各色厨房调料瓶组成。

1. Competitors will first sing as much of their national anthem as they can remember.

各国选手首先唱国歌，能记住多少就唱多少。

2. Competitors will pick their paddle of choice. There will be at least 5 choices of paddles ranging from rice scoopers, spatulas, pot lids, trivets, etc.

选手挑选比赛用拍， 球拍共有五种选择：日记本，铅笔盒，炒菜的铲子，乘米饭的铲子，塑料或木制小案板等。

3. Competitors will serve 3 times.

比赛钢种每位选手各发球3次

4. whoever gets to 6 points first wins.

比赛全部为6分制进行

Competition lasts until the final round. Only a Gold medal will be awarded.

比赛将以分组淘汰的方式产生首届健身乒乓球世界杯冠军。

At the awards ceremony, all present sing the chinese national anthem, regardless of their country of origin and regardless of the winner's nationality.

组委会将为冠军发金牌，比赛在中国国歌声中胜利闭幕。

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all competitors should arrive at the arrow factory by 5:30pm to register. competition starts around 6:15pm. all nationalities welcome - ideally you can also sing a portion of your national anthem.

happy tiger

happy new year! it's only the first day of the new year and i think we've had more than enough dumplings, fireworks, more food, and more drink. only 2 more weeks to go. i also managed to get a VPN working and can finally connect with the outside world. hello all. apologies for the silence.

we've got a new work up at the arrow factory. Nie Mu has turned the space into a tv production studio making programs and "narrowcasting" the video on a monitor inside. Her project, entitled Channel Me, just finished the first program today and will be filming every sunday for the next 3 weeks. i'll post photos of the event soon, but in the meantime, here's a link to the info:

office chair redux

office chair redux
Originally uploaded by raniaho

we were just in shenzhen for the shenzhen-hong
kong architecture biennial. wandering around the electronics market i
came upon this guy and a jury-rigged trash bin that he was dragging around
to sweep up garbage on the street. He said he made it himself. awesome.