China Blog by Chinaorbit.com

It seems, that the Chinese Governement wants to punish owners of subways, which do not have a security plan for their subways. A good idea, making the subway safer. I know, there are a lot of security signs already, for example forbidding street sellers to stay in the subway exit area for a long time - without much effect of course. I imagine the subway station at Xizhimen, it is really crowded with street - sellers.

I wonder, if they have to bribe the subway security guys to get the permission to stay there.

Several weeks ago an earthquake in Taiwan, occurring on December 26th, destroyed underwater telecommunication cables, severely crippling the internet connection from China to other countries. Consequently accessing foreign websites has been extremely difficult over the past few weeks.

The cables were repaired over the weekend and one can really feel that the speed is back to normal. According to China Telecom most of the damages have been dealt with. China Netcom seconded this statement, assuring that notably the connection to North America has been fully restored.

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