Jim James

Founder UnNoticed Ventures Ltd
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Blog by Jim James

Beijing Countdown - 312 Fatherhood Countdown – 28 days master_mooncakeThe 1st of October is the 58th National Day celebration in China which falls just after the Mid Autumn Festival, and the start of a government mandated one week holiday that will see tens of millions of Chinese clutching Moon cakes for family a...
30.09.07 08:56 PM - Comment(s)
torch_bearer_2 Help me become a Torch Bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympics. Foreigners living in China are eligible to become one of 8 expat Torch Bearers. China Daily has set up a website where you can vote to support me. The applications of the top 100 candidates will then be forwarded to a Selec...
25.09.07 08:18 AM - Comment(s)

Beijing Countdown - 320
Fatherhood Countdown – 33 days


I can’t believe that it has been two months since I last wrote. Well, in truth I can, because life has been a maelstrom of emotions, thoughts and necessary actions. I feel as though I am now re-emerging from a period during which I felt as much...

25.09.07 07:52 AM - Comment(s)
“Where has the proof of China’s history gone?” This thought came to me after spending two weeks with Wei traveling around a well preserved England. Awaking with jet lag in the dead of night awaiting the choking dawn, I felt the well deep of anxiety of a father about the state of this nation’s health...
07.08.07 09:33 AM - Comment(s)
This week I traveled to Shanghai to meet the Chen's, Wei's family, and on the way experienced some serious travel anxiety, perhaps best summed up by Chairman Mao’s expression “People Mountain, People Sea” (???? rén shan rén hai). fuwa Meanwhile, in preparation for the Olympics Beijing has started to cr...
03.07.07 09:22 AM - Comment(s)