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Re: Neil Heywood may have been banging Bo Xilai’s wife: some guy

Ella — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:09:52 -0000

why did i only discover this site now?!

Re: http://www.lbjbookclub.com/post/13593962136

Ella — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:41:26 -0000

not me... oh btw, i'm going to the danish ambassador's open house on thursday, any message for your ambassador? :)

Re: http://www.lbjbookclub.com/post/13593962136

Ella — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:22:50 -0000

Hi, I'm Ella, a non-profit worker in DC, from the same hometown as Guan's. I started the LBJ series with Master of the Senate, after reading The Power Broker and loving it. My interest stems from a literary appreciation for his prose, and of course, the dramatic personalities and gripping stories; less about the history, or institutional change I must say.

So, Guan, what's the deal? We reread the chapters according to the schedule, then what?

Re: China and the World: Zhu Rongji during U.S.- China WTO Negotiations

Ella — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:06:28 -0000

Thanks! The perks of working at B is that I can convince them to ship tons of books from the mainland and Taiwan --- this collection arrived within a week!

Re: Shanghai police hunting down Occupy Wall Street instigators among foreigners in nightclubs?

Ella — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:14:54 -0000

if it's true, it just shows that: 1. how absolutely clueless local security offcials are about American affairs (understandably); and 2. how on the edge they are about any possible element for security domestically. is any of this new to long-time China watchers?

Re: Shanghai police hunting down Occupy Wall Street instigators among foreigners in nightclubs?

Ella — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:13:09 -0000

If that's true, it just shows how absolutely clueless the local security staff are about American affairs (understandable), and how on the edge they are about any instability element within China. Is any of this news to long-time China watchers?

Re: Commencement 2010

Ella — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:26:52 -0000

no... not yet....

Re: Noted: No mention of China in Obama press conference

Ella — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:30:29 -0000

It's interesting that you picked this out - #hypersenseofarealchinawatchers David Lampton just did a talk on US-China relations literally an hour ago, and one take-away (I think it might well be one of the answers to your question) is that there is rising mistrust between the two countries, and there are misconceptions among both publics - the Americans tend to greatly exaggerate China's power and Chinese are seeing America as trying to contain their country while underestimate US power. And since "policy is not what you say, but what they hear", and the gap in existing conception about China in terms of what is a rational approach to China/what is the approach the Americans would likely their government to take/and what is the message the Chinese would sense from their rhetoric is so huge, it's really very dangerous for them to talk about this issue. So in this sense, avoiding talking about it may be the best strategy.

Re: The Week in Bentos: July 5-8, 2010

Ella — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:12:25 -0000

Awww... These are some of the cutest bento box I have ever seen! And they look very healthy as well. Lucky Wyatt=)

Re: Tip of the Day

Ella — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:56:01 -0000

Thank you =)

Re: Motto Matters

Ella — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:09:14 -0000

how is that better? doesn't even fit on to the emblem.

Re: Can someone explain how this works?

Ella — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:02:24 -0000

Thank you!!! aww... now I'm a bit disappointed - never should have sought after the magician's secret :)

Re: Tip of the Day

Ella — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:02:41 -0000

hong kong -> shanghai -> will be back in new york by aug. 9!

thanks for your note~

Re: Largehearted Boy: Giveaway: Bob Dylan's Together Through Life Deluxe Edition Plus More

Ella — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:54:35 -0000

The Beatles - All You Need is Love

--- the philosophy of life in a nutshell~

Re: China's Media did a Favor for Obama by Censoring the Speech

Ella — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:52:10 -0000

Hi Dave,

Thank you for the comment.

Maybe I expect too much of him, but I thought he as a leader should:
1. know that it's not just the Americans he's speaking to, but he would be heard all over the world, and there will be an impact, or conscequence of everything he says.

2. not repeating the rhetorics simply because they've been said for centuries, not saying what he thought the people in general would agree so, but make a better judgment of the implications of his word, and whether it would be in the best interest in the country he's leading. And as I said, I could see no reason why he cannot replace the word "communism" with "Stalinism" or something, and I can see no benefit for America as a country to cause any hard feelings in Chinese, especially when every American owes China 2,000 dollars =)

Re: Foster Designs The Biggest Building on Earth

Ella — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:40:46 -0000

Thanks, Mehmet =)

Sir Foster really is amazing!

Re: Incredible shots of European castles

Ella — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:54:46 -0000

Thanks, hehe, wow, that's so cool! Good luck with your see-the-castle mission!

Re: The Visionaries

Ella — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:54:46 -0000

Sorry, the original post is here: http://www.concierge.com/id...
It didn't give out any credit for the picture either. ( I assume it's the photo you are talking about, not the actual dome, right?)

Re: I want this calendar...

Ella — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:37:00 -0000

it's an exhibit at the Corian®: 40 Years / 40 Designers exhibition. I don't think you can buy it anywhere.... http://www2.dupont.com/40_4...

Re: Amazing Animated John Lennon Interview

Ella — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:32:47 -0000

thanks for the link! love it!

Re: 4 Creative Home Additions

Ella — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:34:58 -0000

omg, you are amazing! thank you!

Re: iPhone WILL be BIG in China

Ella — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:15:10 -0000

I hope so, I'm a China Mobile user too...

Re: Review: Velvet Goldmine (1998)

Ella — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:15:54 -0000

oh, really! that' crazy!!! =)

Re: The Apple Mosaic of Steve Jobs

Ella — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:02:16 -0000

Sorry, I forgot where I got that.

But there's another mosaic of Steve Jobs here on Flickr: http://farm4.static.flickr....

Re: Bulgarian Photographer - Magdalena Wanli

Ella — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:59:51 -0000

I believe you are looking for this: http://outtheway.blogspot.c...