http://www.n-line.co.uk a personal blog indulging in the unsolicited, uninvited, and often unwelcome views of yet another pesky foreigner... Sat, 03 May 2008 05:30:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A strange things has been happening in China & Hong Kong in recent days. A new sort of Politics is taking shape: the kind that shifts and moves before one's eyes; the kind that can be hard to pin down or define; and the kind that appears to be largely ... http://www.n-line.co.uk/2008/05/03/of_politics_redefined/ Over the past few months there have been posters all over the HKU campus advertising for the CBL China International Law School. I must say that at first, I thought the idea was rather neat. Here's their blurb: English speaking students get the opportunity to study Chinese and International business law ... http://www.n-line.co.uk/2008/01/14/the_china_education_band-wagon/ Unfortunately, having neglected my blog [again!], and just come back to try after a long time away, it seems that it has developed some technical problems. Specifically, the pesky thing just wiped the post I had finished writing. Grrr... Anyway, a Wordpress Upgrade is somewhat overdue anyway, so I ... http://www.n-line.co.uk/2008/01/05/technical_problems/ As the days tick down towards the four-month anniversary of my departure from the UK, I find myself reflecting on the way things have turned out. In spite of all the difficulties things seem to have gone remarkably well. It is no exaggeration to say that a new chapter ... http://www.n-line.co.uk/2007/11/02/a_new_chapter/ After several months living in limbo at my parents place I'm finally back in Hong Kong. It's nearly a year since I was last here but things carry on much the same. So it is that I find in a down-trodden Jordan room, cigarette in-hand, with Nathan Road's traffic-noise ... http://www.n-line.co.uk/2007/07/24/back_in_hong_kong/ In the past, my prolific Youtube browsing has yielded some interesting results for China-related interest and language study. Today, however, I came across a video that comes in as my greatest youtube find to date. Looking at the 7 month old date stamp, I'm probably horribly behind, but I was ... http://www.n-line.co.uk/2007/02/04/sexy_beijing/ Yes indeed, I do get excited by my tech toys. In this case however, I’m far from on my own. The Apple iPhone is perhaps the most beautiful toy to be touted for quite some time. The BBC has a video of CEO Steve Jobs showing off their toy; ... http://www.n-line.co.uk/2007/01/11/apple_iphone/ Dr. Peter Witt has carried out a study to determine the effects of drugs and alcohol on spiders' webs. The results are pretty interesting... If the Video doesn't appear correctly click here http://www.n-line.co.uk/2007/01/06/spider_drugs/ Fly a lot? Often doze through those boring pre-flight announcements? Well then, think how much better they'd be if there was a bit more honesty... The Economist has done exactly this, and it's extremely funny. http://www.n-line.co.uk/2007/01/05/flying_in_the_face_of_the_truth/ I was quite stunned by today's BBC news report (vid) which says that engineers plan to build the world's first plastic electronics factory by 2008. The technology allows for the creation of plastic instead of silicon electronics and may prove to be revolutionary (some are saying that it's akin ... http://www.n-line.co.uk/2007/01/04/plastic-based_electronics/