The visa rules, which were introduced last week with little explanation, restrict many visitors to 30-day stays, replacing flexible, multiple-entry visas that had allowed people to remain for up to a year. The new rules make it harder for foreigners to live and work in Beijing without applying for residency permits, which can be difficult to obtain. The restrictions are also complicating the lives of businesspeople in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore used to crossing the border with ease.

Man, I am so glad I am in Korea . . .

http://shanghaiist.com/2008/04.....p#comments

Volunteer in China: “I was not in fact attacked by a mob”.

Revising deeply held opinions in light of contradictory facts is difficult if not impossible.

Anyone have the story of disabled athlete Jin Jing who was a heroine couple of days ago, who is now a traitor for urging Chinese not to boycott Careffour?

Here are some quotes of what people said. Scroll down to [30] The Chinese Traitor Jin Jing!:

http://zonaeuropa.com/200804b.brief.htm

Won’t you join us in an old-fashioned shunning?

I can sell you two apples that fell from the same tree, one for 25 cents and the other for 25 dollars. You would no doubt rationalize to yourself that the 25 dollar apple was superior to the other despite no rational evidence.