It’s 春節! Time to eat Jiaozi and other yummy street food (mmm… luobogao!) and sit on a train for 24 …
January 19, 2012
Reading: Seung-Joon Lee — Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice Consumption in Modern Canton
The last of my first stack of books for 2012, and one that has been on my list for a …
January 19, 2012
Reading: Shi Naian — The Water Margin: The Outlaws of the Marsh, Trans: J. H. Jackson
This is one of the classics of Chinese literature, and me being the philistine could only gawp over how thick …
January 19, 2012
Reading: Paul A. Van Dyke — The Canton Trade: Life and Enterprise on the China Coast, 1700-1845
Continuing my return to reading China, as with my focus on women in the history of China, so too is …
December 15, 2011
Reading: Susan Mann – Precious Records: Women in China’s Long Eighteenth Century
Shortly before departing for Brussels, I finished Susan Mann’s brilliant The Talented Women of the Zhang Family, and began Gail Hershatter’s …
November 27, 2011
Reading: Gail Hershatter — The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China’s Collective Past
This is the book I was so intimidated by I went off and read Charles Stross and Harry Potter for …
November 7, 2011
Was it something I said? (or, supernaut blocked in China)
I noticed a few weeks ago that traffic from China was low — single digits low instead of being in …
November 4, 2011
Reading: (2nd time) Susan Mann — The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
In early 2008, before I moved to Berlin, I had a book-buying spree, and a couple of those books I …
October 29, 2011
Reading: Gordon Mathews — Ghetto at the Center of the World
I once stayed a night in Chungking Mansions, when a flight from Canada arrived too late to catch even the …
October 19, 2011
Reading … a 4th anniversary
Another year of books. Not as many as last year; I took a pause for some time, unable to find …
October 7, 2011
Reading: Neal Stephenson — Reamde
There are five science-fiction writers — though this is a loose term, and none write in this genre exclusively — …
September 24, 2011
Reading: Liao Yiwu – God is Red
It was only in July this year, Liao Yiwu paid himself into the hands of smugglers on the border of …
September 23, 2011
Reading: Julia Lovell – The Opium War
Canton. The idea is romantic, and unavoidably one of Orientalism. Still, I lived there on and off for a few …
August 12, 2011
Reading: Robert Temple – The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention
Robert Temple – The Genius of China
August 1, 2011
Places
Because I seem to spend so much time in Brussels, and also have lived in several cities which until now …
May 31, 2011
Reading: Owen Lattimore – Inner Asian Frontiers of China
owen lattimore – inner asian frontiers of china
May 17, 2011
Surabaya, Indonesia Climbing Gym Job Opening
Those of you who have bothered to read supernaut for at least a few years (oh I have pity for …
April 25, 2011
multilingual goat witch
I’ve been adding video to francesdath.info the past few days, and also felt a compulsion to make the site multilingual …
April 6, 2011
reading: vera schwarcz – the chinese enlightenment: intellectuals and the legacy of the may fourth movement of 1919
vera schwarcz – the chinese enlightenment
October 16, 2010
Reading… a 3rd anniversary
Regarding the two-score books of the last year, it is surprising which of the non-fiction – a term I use …
October 9, 2010
Liu Xiaobo 刘晓波
Congratulations to Liu Xiaobo for being awarded the Nobel Peace prize. I’ve been keeping up with my reading on this …
October 4, 2010
Reading: Nazif Shahrani – The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan
nazif shahrani – the kirghiz and wakhi of afghanistan
October 4, 2010
Reading: Peter Hopkirk – Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
peter hopkins – foreign devils on the silk road
October 4, 2010
Reading: Peter Hopkirk – Trespassers on the Roof of the World
peter hopkins – trespassers on the roof of the world
September 12, 2010
(Some) Stuff I Read This Week
For some reason I decided to start using Twitter again — I suspect iPhone — and without any clear purpose …
July 10, 2010
Reading: James A. Millward – Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang
james a. millward – eurasian crossroads
June 18, 2010
reading: frank dikotter – the age of openness: china before mao
frank dikotter – the age of openness: china before mao
May 26, 2010
readin: david hinton: chuang tzu – the inner chapters
david hinton: chuang tzu – the inner chapters
May 6, 2010
reading: Leslie T. Chang – Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Leslie T. Chang – Factory Girls
February 4, 2010
anouk van dijk & falk richter – TRUST
The set is moody, gloomy, dark, chrome chairs and black leather sofa, matching seats, a stylist-industrial minimalist clutter extending back …
January 10, 2010
Reading: Feng Jicai – Voices from the Whirlwind
feng jicai – voices from the whirlwind
December 22, 2009
solstice
Taoism struggles against the cultural preference for the “light.” The Tao Te Ching, especially, champions the low, the dark. Darkness …
June 1, 2009
Reading: Zhao Ziyang – Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
zhao ziyang – prisoner of the state
April 6, 2009
blog stuff
I shouldn’t be on my laptop today; I am bad. Working around 12 and sometimes up to 16 hours a …
November 19, 2008
transgender day of remembrance
For any queer trans* Berliners who read me, there is a meeting tomorrow night 6pm, at my favourite bar, Silverfuture, …
October 16, 2008
Reading… an anniversary
A year ago in the briefest of lines, I began keeping a list of the books I’ve digested… burp. What …
July 7, 2008
Juedisches Museum Berlin
I went to the Juedische Museum Berlin today. juedisches museum berlin – 1 juedisches museum berlin – 2 juedisches museum …
June 27, 2008
Global Voices Summit – Budapest
Some of my favourite and also most inspiring bloggers, writers, wonderful computer and internet people are all in Budapest for …
June 6, 2008
Reading: Harriet Evans – The Subject of Gender: Daughters and Mothers in Urban China
harriet evans – the subject of gender
May 14, 2008
Reading: Liao Yiwu – The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up
Normally I say nothing about the books I’m reading, I have a superstition that to do so would cause me …
April 16, 2008
pestilence days 5-11
Night rehearsals. I’ve been slack at blogging this project. It’s taken me an awful lot of methodical, patient, slogging to …
February 25, 2008
Reading: Susan Mann – The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
susan mann – the talented women of the zhang family
February 5, 2008
waiting at the train station
Half a million people stuck in the Guangzhou Train Station, over 100 trains carrying thousands of people each stranded in …
February 4, 2008
新年快乐！﹣hoping the rats are warm on the trains
This is not Guangzhou Train Station. This is Huanshi Xi Lu, quite far in front of the station. News from …
January 27, 2008
more feeds and things … and blogrolls
A little bit preoccupied today and doing busywork (yes, is a word), and somehow stumbled upon several rather cool blogs …
December 31, 2007
Reading: Jin Xing – Shanghai Tango (A Memoir)
jin xing – shanghai tango (a memoir)
September 26, 2007
中秋节快乐！！！
mmmm … mooncakes … green tea mooncake with one yolk hong kong elegant flavour
September 9, 2007
all about jin xing
Whenever I’d be hanging out with some group of artists or dancers, sitting around the remnants of dinner and drinking …
September 9, 2007
some pictures i took with my phone
My iPod seems to be dead, and somehow I keep managing to resuscitate my laptop despite in/out errors and loads …
August 1, 2007
michelangelo antonioni
Blowup was one of those films that changed how I look at cinema, and then how I imagined performance. Early …
June 19, 2007
冯三七 canton disaster relief blogging
John is responsible for much of my email. He only knows this now. But I read it all, after-all, I …
May 6, 2007
the life of 金星 jin xing
Conversations on contemporary art in China that swung around to dance invariably brought mention of Shanghai choreographer and dancer Jin …
April 1, 2007
sunday morning avoiding-work blogging
More stuff I’ve read in the past two weeks for your amazement and occasional pleasure, though because everyone’s taste is …
March 11, 2007
lazy sunday cooking eating blogging …
A late night swirling Pernod with Bonnie at Orange and an early trip to the shops for Sunday fruit, now …
March 3, 2007
saturday morning re-blogging
Last night was a rather interesting experience for me that I’m not going to blog about, but certainly has much …
February 26, 2007
when in doubt … cliché and generalise
Two almost opposite examinations of art or culture came from Ou Ning’s blog today, the first a textless photographic documentary, …
February 24, 2007
it’s all about 冯三七 … i mean feng37 … i mean john
A couple of weeks ago, John Kennedy – also known as contemporary Chinese poetry translator Feng37 – thought that getting …
February 18, 2007
新年快乐! 恭喜发财! – hoping that meat prices don’t go up
Yes, I am missing not being in Guangzhou, or joining hundreds of millions on the country’s trains. So, from Mary …
February 14, 2007
向欧洲致歉 apologies to europe
Occasionally I stumble across an artist who manages to strip all the complexity from what is often a torturous endeavour, …
February 11, 2007
sunday tranny-blogging (and spitting in china)
What is it about Sundays that seem to cause a blog upwelling of a more cerebral nature than during the …
January 29, 2007
another adelaide arrival/departure
As when I arrived in Adelaide, so too was it grey and occasionally seeped in a fine mist for Bonnie, …
January 11, 2007
我不知道我是什么性别
Happy reading for me this afternoon from Mary Ann in Shenzhen, who writes one of the best blogs coming out …
January 8, 2007
Protected: miscellaneous tranny stuff … coz we rule
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
December 12, 2006
smashing small thing together really fast
Maybe I should change my blog name to supernaut … i whore for science, I’ve been blogging so much about …
December 10, 2006
stuff i read and even bookmarked in the last week
Bookmarked, that is, so I could blah on loudly here about it, in lieu of dragging myself through the warm …
December 5, 2006
super-condom tranny
I don’t really want to be ‘tranny activist’ and have to get all political and fight-for-your-rights. Or perhaps more accurately …
December 3, 2006
dormitory
Splendidly late blogging, but wtf. I’ve been meaning to drool here about Wang Qingsong’s Dormitory, though equally any of his …
December 2, 2006
some stuff i read this week
Lazy Saturday afternoon post-dragging myself out of bed and thinking of going climbing pretty soon, but first a random trawl …
October 21, 2006
what i’ve been reading today
Another list of completely unrelated stuff that circulated through my news feeds in the last couple of days and makes …
October 13, 2006
shooting them like rats, dogs
A truly disgusting start to yesterday was reading about climbers in Tibet on Cho Oyu watching the Chinese Army massacre …
October 8, 2006
berkeley china initiative
I’m not sure how much I’ll be blogging in the next week as things get mental with crush. In the …
October 6, 2006
中秋节快乐
I’ve been lucky enough to have had a couple of Mid-Autumn Festivals in Guangzhou, and yeah it’s a bit late, …
October 5, 2006
china power station
Lawrence Li at Global Noise Online has been blogging regularly about the upcoming China Power Station, “A major exhibition of …
October 1, 2006
stuff i read today
Having dragged myself out of bed at the rather late hour of 1030 and still working my way through a …
September 25, 2006
长沙刁民 changsha rogue
One of my favourite means of getting around Guangzhou since I first got over my terror of speeding death under …
September 24, 2006
Shanghai to Mongolia via Mir
Reblogging again, this time combining a some of my disparate loves. Astronaut Shannon Lucid, like writer J. G. Ballard has …
September 15, 2006
miscellaneous rubbish for a friday
Martha Graham. Evil despot of the Modern Dance universe. Shame she didn’t die sooner. The ImpulsTanz email hidden; JavaScript is …
August 26, 2006
水上人家 – river people
When I was in Hong Kong for a day in early May, as usual I went on my idea of …
August 18, 2006
广州有毒液体泄 – Guangzhou liquid inferno
There has been a large chemical leak in 天河区 Tian He District of Guangzhou, near 东圃石溪 Dongpushi Creek today. The …
August 4, 2006
on plagues and skin disorders
Reading Jean Baudrillard‘s Symbolic Exchange and Death in 2003 was one of those pivotal moments in consumption of text that …
July 30, 2006
3030 new photography in china
A new book of contemporary art photographers from China: 3030: New Photography in China This fully illustrated survey of 30 …
July 12, 2006
吴皓 hao wu released
Read all about it on Free Hao Wu. China: Wu Hao released Filed under: About Hao Wu, News, Nina’s blog …
July 8, 2006
何清濂教授的易性术手术 sex change surgery with professor he
Professor He Qinglian in Shanghai has a website, 何氏性别再赋整形美容网 offering sex-change information and surgery at the surgery department of the …
June 19, 2006
一队夫妻只生育一孩子
A friend was in town for a day, so I subjected him to my tour of Canton, walking from where …
June 18, 2006
the turmoil ended with his death
During 岭南启示录 Apocalypse PRD, China didn’t celebrate forty years since the start of the Cultural Revolution, and for various reasons …
June 13, 2006
beautiful and mysterious luoping
The vast monsoon-saturated billboard, the only unbleached colour in two days of hard-sleeper train from Kunming to Guangzhou said, “Welcome …