May 20th to July 11th archive
Saturday 19th July
This is pretty much defunct for the time being - I simply don't have the time (and to be honest the inclination) to update regularly. The two archives above cover the days of SARS, they may be of interest to some of you.what this is
I had never originally planned to have any kind of weblog / diary on this site. However, when the SARS crisis and the uncertainty it brought hit, a number of people suggested it might be useful. Although Chinese statistics were eventually accepted as more or less accurate, and foreign journalists in Beijing filed regular reports, there still seemed to be a demand for information about what effect SARS has had on life in Beijing. I'll tried to supply that demand. You can read the entries from that time in the archives (1 and 2)
Since the end of the SARS crisis I've updated a lot less frequently, but try and put a new entry and some pictures up every now and then.
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