Today China is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great comrade and leader Deng Xiaoping. Mostly you can see it in the media, and there are official celebrations organised in different cities. Also here in Jinan you can see some red banderoles hanging in front of various buildings that seem to have his name on them among all the unrecognisable characters...

Other than that, I'm not sure what's up with the comments... they should be open to anyone but as i was pointed out (thanks, mum!) you are asked for a username and password if you try to post one... i checked the settings and it should be ok, but if it doesn't work, it doesn't work...

did i ever tell you that i can't read my own blog? (that's why i can't check what it actually looks like or how well does it work) It's only accessible outside of China, apparently it has been considered suspicious enough to be blocked by the ever-watching Big Brother. I find it kinda funny...