It's insanely polluted this morning. The sun is rising through a cottony pink haze and I can barely see the buildings on the other side of the courtyard.

Would be a perfect opportunity to go out and get some "polluted cityscape" b-roll.

Prioritize This Management Task

"State Council Information Office: To all websites nationwide: In light of Mo Yan winning the Nobel prize for literature, monitoring of microblogs, forums, blogs and similar key points must be strengthened. Be firm in removing all comments which disgrace the Party and the government, defame cultural work, mention Nobel laureates Liu Xiaobo and Gao Xingjian and associated harmful material. Without exception, block users from posting for ten days if their writing contains malicious details. Reinforce on-duty staff during the weekend and prioritize this management task."

-- An October 12, 2012 directive from one of several behind-the-scenes governing bodies known collectively as China's 'Ministry of Truth', translated and quoted at China Digital Times

Bagel or Donut?

I'm going to put up this quick post because I'm baffled about this snack I just bought at 7-11.
It looks like a donut - i.e., it's fried to a golden color - but it appears to have some cream cheese-like substance smeared between its two bisections. More to come when I eat it.

Did you know? 7-11, in China, is owned and operated by a Japanese company. A few weeks ago, during the big anti-Japanese protests all over China, 7-11s were closed! Or, had a sign outside proclaiming "The Diaoyu Islands Belong to China". Look it up! (Do they? Who knows!)

Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature.
He is the SECOND CHINESE WRITER TO CLAIM THIS HONOR sorry China but he's the second.
No one in China knows that Gao Xingjian won the 2000 prize. It's Orwellian.