http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/ Apothem Tercet Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:06:37 GMT Dave http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12825 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12825 ... of >the first seven results. Clicking on each brought a blank page instantly. Refreshing ... and yet... I had the same sort of google results for all Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:01:30 GMT halibrewer@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12824 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12824 Chinese exams are always political. That sort of says it all. If they were measured in the can-do sort of levels that European languages are measured in, Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:04:14 GMT Pete Marchetto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12823 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12823 We've been here before. I think I even posted a link that had a long analysis on the degree to which power at the top has slipped since Mao and I've explained Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:24:00 GMT Gee Are http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12822 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12822 He can do everything about it.  In the hierarchical  society that China most certainly is, the top dog calls all the shots.  In these kinds of control Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:13:54 GMT Pete Marchetto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12821 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12821 Oh heavens, George, you've been close enough to seats of power to know how this works. Even in the US with a relatively homogeneity even between the parties, Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:59:38 GMT Gee Are http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12820 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12820 It worked just fine here.  I bet Hu doesn't know that either.  What about the Foolin' Golonka, Tibet, the Dali Lama and the great corruptor of peace and Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:05:44 GMT Pete Marchetto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12819 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12819 I'd not done this experiment - probably the only foreigner in China who hasn't - prior to today, but an image search on 'Tianenmen Square' in Google UK this Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:09:35 GMT Pete Marchetto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12818 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12818 If someone tore this down and sold it at auction, I bet it would fetch a few bob... From: Derek Porter Sent: Saturday, 23 January, 2010 01:12 To: ALISON MARSH Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:07:20 GMT Gee Are http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12817 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12817 Well they are up to their old tricks again.  Killing people to make a cheap buck. There has been a plethora of cheap cadmium laced jewelry foisted off on the Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:26:16 GMT Gee Are http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12816 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12816 Ahh, the positive influence of the British imperialists and their nice western running dog lackeys.  Life in the naughties.  Ain't it grand? George Some Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:18:38 GMT Pete Marchetto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12815 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12815 http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6875402.html A new regulation issued by a company in SW China's Chongqing requires its employees to sign a Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:16:34 GMT Gee Are http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12814 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12814 This smacks of some party leader losing face and want retribution. Some write works. Others write plays. I write fiddle-arounds. Errorstofanknees ... From: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:13:44 GMT Gee Are http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12813 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12813 The not so funny part, in part to thanks to Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher's ideas that a low wage service job is equal to that of an engineer so it is okay Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:08:45 GMT Pete Marchetto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12812 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12812 http://en.ce.cn/National/Local/201001/22/t20100122_20846960.shtml One year after the fire at China Central Television's new headquarters, the first batch of Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:22:51 GMT Pete Marchetto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12811 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apothem_tercet/message/12811 It's not so very unusual for death to result from the beatings and abuse such prisoners receive and the no-brains in charge of that sort of thing are not