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The interest in China has been rising rapidly in the last decade or so. One cannot understand China by reading books published in China where there is heavy censorship. One may think that books by Western Sinologists are the best alternative. That was what I…

The Nobel Literature Prize to Vice Party Secretary of China Writer Association Mo Yan reminds people again that Nobel Prize awards people for their work in certain areas regardless of their personal qualities. There have been and there will be disgraceful human beings winning the…

I had hypoglycemia many times during my long runs, but I never thought it would happen during a bike tour. Running largely depends on glycogen as the fuel. When the glycogen store is depleted, hypoglycemia may ensue. Non-competitive cycling is not as tense as running,…

People's Daily, the CCP's major mouthpiece, has its own search Engine (www.jike.com). Like other search engines, it provides a list of most popular related search words while one enters a search word. If one enters the Chinese word of communist party - 共产党， a list…

The regime in China operates in a black box, and there is no free press in China. This makes it very difficult for people, including Chinese, to understand China truly . The Diaoyu Islands dispute related violence shows that many people in China are still easily…

Muslims have suicide bombers to kill their enemies while committing suicide. Tibetans commit suicide to show their enemy how much they suffer. When I was a kid, I saw brave Tibetans in my hometown Chengdu helping Han Chinese fight criminals when Han Chinese victims chickened…

Recommended for durability: Solid urethane tires Michelin Power Endurance Bontrager R3 25 A Michelin Axial Pro lasted for about 6000 km, its replacement Vittoria Action HSD for about 3000 km. A Forte Pro Kevlar tire was mounted on the rare wheel on 2016-09-30. We will…

I usually start the Tri-State bike tour from Rowley and bike along the coast (primarily on Rt. 1A) to Maine, then return to the starting point. I choose to start from Rowley instead of Ipswich because the section of 1A between Ipswich and Rowley, which…

12 States: MA-CT- NY-PA-OH-IN-IL-MO-IA-NE-IA-MN-WI-IL-IN-OH-PA-NY-MA 6068.9km 08-16 7:00 THUR Maine Audubon (1 hr) Maine Botanical Gardens (2 hr) Belfast foot bridge (1 hr) La Coupe (free level 3) Lansing Cottonwood Campground, ME 10-11 8:00 FRI Calais Waterfront Boat Landing Presque Isle Farmers' Market La Coupe (L3)…

On March 1, 2023, Lufthansa flight LH425 got stuck on the taxiway of Munich airport because the airplane could not make turns. The disembarking was delayed by an hour. I found that my luggage did not come with me when I arrived at Cluj-Napoca airport.

He started his journalist journey by fighting foreign invaders, and ended his journey by fighting a deeply corrupted totalitarian regime, all for his beloved people and country. So off you go, Mr. Hu. Your spirit will remain with us forever!

Routers This month is turning out to be a month of Chinese brainwashing products exhibit. It was triggered by the chronic dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands. With implicit encouragement of the Chinese regime, the anti-Japan protesters are vividly displaying the results…

Solid State Drive (SSD) price has dropped to about $1.5/GB. I think its prime time for deployment on desk top PC’s has come. It has been the default choice for tablet PC’s storage device, the choice for laptop PC’s storage by demanding users. The following…

This error can occur when a class is instantiated and the class is from an included Maven project or a jar file. This is probably caused by a flaw of ADK. The remedy is: Right-click the project > Build Path > Configure Build Path... >…

Brand Quality Texture Chang Shing A Great House Foods A Excellent K-town Tofu B too firm Raw Nature B too firm Sansui B too firm Soonyeowon B too firm

For most EV drivers in the US, EV charging couldn't be more convenient. One can plug into a regular 110V 20A electric outlet to charge an EV overnight when the vehicle is not used and the electricity rate is the lowest. The challenge may arise…

Many generic Ni-MH rechargeabel bateries are claimed to have very high capacities (e.g. 1800 mAh, 1350 mAh) that are grossly exagerated. It is not easy to test a battery's capacity quickly, but there are many ways to do it. The easiest way is using an electronic gadget…

The standard installation/uninstallation feature of Windows is unreliable, especially for uninstallation which may require files that do not exist anymore. Microsoft installation/uninstallation troubleshooter is a handy tool to fix these problem.

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