Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Look, I am in

 China.

I am in Beijing and I am making a splash!  Don't believe me??? Take a look at this email I got:

泡泡熊

 to me
show details Apr 26 (2 days ago)

Dear Alexander,
    Cherry is my name. And I am really sorry to answer you e-mail for late. I hope you can excuse. Because, I have to study very hard. I think my English is not perfert. And I am raising my English now. I believe we will get along very good.
Cherry

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See that!!  "I believe we will get along very good."  I will use Cherry as a metaphor for China.  I think you will like that very much.





This is a gold plating operation in Southeast Beijing!  The window is dirty so it is a bit rough looking.

Speaking of rough looking...



That is the neighborhood around the plant.  Development is quickly encroaching upon it and the idea is to clean up these areas through heavy metal remediation in water and soil.  They will also clean up the litter.  And children.

And, of course, Ivan...

 He is sideways.

And, the piece of resistance:

MR. LIU:  CHINESE CRIMEBOSS!