• beijing on fire! part of cctv complex (not the main building though) #
• pics on cctv news now #

• still fireworks going off #
• someone threw a shoe at wen jiabao! #

• ach, why did leave my graphics tablet in the UK? need to get a new one for here #

• I was just thinking that I hadn’t seen any discussion of Baudrillard’s work for a long time – he was everywhere in the ’90’s #
• I was a big fan, must dig out my books and have a re-read. I feel his work on simulacra could apply well to Chinese society #
• the obsession with presentation and image has been driven home to me by watching CCTV’s Chinese New Year show #
• doesn’t just happen in China of course, but it seems to have reached a peak here, historically embedded in society’s structure even #