Tonight wrapped up a weekend full of benefits for the Library Project. Overall, the weekend was successful. Tom, the founder of Library Project was quite happy with the overall turnout of the weekend’s events, and the money that was raised was enough to build three, possibly four more libraries out in the countryside of China. [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Charities & Why we do what we do
Posted: 26th May 2008 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Charity, Library Project, Shanghai
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One, it’s the fucking Sea of Japan, not the Sea of Korea. Two, The map was published in China. If they see fit to call it the Sea of Japan, argue with them, not me. Three, it’s a fucking map. I don’t give a rat’s ass. World opinion doesn’t always go with China or America [...]
By now, most people know of the news about Sichuan’s Earthquake. For the sake of those back home, we were nowhere near that area, so it’s all good here (I know what your China geography is like. ). Shanghaiist is posting the story, with over 100 updates already. Check it out here. Reuters also has [...]
Happy Int’l Workers Day!
Posted: 1st May 2008 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: China, Communism, North Korea
Here and in other communist/socialist states, today is May Day, also called International Workers day. According to the wikipedia: In the United States, Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September instead of on May 1. This Labor Day was a creation of the 1880s Knights of Labor and was adopted officially in [...]
