So, China’s gone and censored your internet again. No worries. Just make sure your friends, family and bureau chiefs in the West all have a copy of this code list and you’ll be able to communicate freely – just like you’ve kind of gotten used to. You can send your postcards and emails knowing that the People’s Republic security apparatus will be none the wiser.
The asparagus here is amazing.
I think my room is bugged.
The asparagus here is definitely amazing.
I know my room is bugged.
Everyone is very polite.
I’m not sure which ones are the spies and which ones are just being friendly.
I am absolutely in love with the soup dumplings here.
The traffic is obscene. No one knows how to drive.
I’ll make sure to get you and Brenda some kitschy Chairman souvenirs.
OMG! People seem oblivious to the fact that Mao killed 70 million of his countrymen.
The weather reminds me of Burbank.
I can’t breathe!
We saw the Forbidden Palace, which was really impressive. So much history!
Everyone at Tienanmen Square looks tense, like someone might mention what happened there.
It’s a lot different than I’d imagined.
It’s not communism. It’s like totalitarian capitalism. They can’t possibly
keep this up. They must know this.
Honestly, it’s some of the most amazing food I’ve ever had.
George Orwell would totally be
freaking out.
I have a new love: Sesame Luck Noodle.
The track team was juicing! I saw it first hand!
Peter prefers to skip the guidebooks and go out on his own.
Peter asked what happened to the guy who stood in front of the tanks
and yelled at the army.
Peter’s been trying out his Mandarin on the bellhop.
Peter told them Taiwan was not part of the People’s Republic.
Peter sends his love.
Peter was sentenced to death.
Excellent work. You never fail to make me laugh.
Oh curses.I’m reading this from a Chinese hotel room.
(Serious! Working here for three months. The asparagus here is definitely amazing.)
Forgot to say- got your book as a going away present and brought it along. Here is semi-solid proof.
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9332/demise001yc9.jpg
I would bring it with me to the Forbidden City and snap some slightly more solidified proof there, but… you know. Red book. Public place. Not sure how that would be received.
[ At Forbidden City you’ll be accosted by people peddling Chairman Mao’s Red Book – so you’ll fit right in. My book is bigger though, and wasn’t written by a peasant who starved millions with flawed agricultural policy. -B. ]>/b>
Hooray for Peter! You tell ’em, buddy (sorry about that death sentence, though). I hope that the latest batch of Chinese tourists who have come to my lovely island of Taiwan are impressed with the freedom of speech the citizens have here. The Fa Lun Gong practioners have been out in full force in front of the tourist sites, showing the Mainlanders how completely harmless they are.
Let me join Peter in affirming: Taiwan is NOT a part of the PRC. You can sit your ass down in front of the presidential office for days and demand that he step down, and you won’t be shot.
“Let me join Peter in affirming: Taiwan is NOT a part of the PRC. You can sit your ass down in front of the presidential office for days and demand that he step down, and you won’t be shot.”
Word.
I think it would be awesome to incorporate goulash or stinky tofu on the code list just because it would be fun to say.
Dilemma: China censors discussions of Tibet and Tianamen Square, but does little to protect copyrights of RIAA and MPAA.
Solution: Every U.S. CD or DVD to sport text on jacket or in subtitles: “We Proudly Support the Brave Followers of Falun Gong.”