"THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF RABBAN SAWMA, ENVOY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE MONGOL KHANS TO THE KINGS OF EUROPE, AND MARKOS WHO AS MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA III BECAME PATRIARCH OF THE NESTORIAN CHURCH IN ASIA"

prepare beijing for the 2008 Olympics

Note 'Insights from captivity' section, and bureaucratic maneuvers to quickly get retirement after returning.

Rem in the deep end

from a site called 'life is beautiful and sucks': 這個網站並沒有華麗的設計，也沒有好玩的遊戲

"perfected and polished to the last detail with our great leader Chairman Mao's loving care, now glitters with surpassing splendour." The same postcard set that inspired the eponymous Eno album.

"international research and design platform investigating the rapidly changing urban environment of China" via i forget

"constructing data" on the Walled City of Kowloon, formerly the densest place

THE design of the World Financial Tower has aroused a lot of controversy among local architects because of the round hole at the top.