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...been scammed. It’s because, when that snake kept moving without its head, I suddenly felt very far away from home, and that feeling was very real.The other day, a friend of mine told me about riding on the back of a motorcycle taxi after work. I asked him if it was worth it, and his response said a lot about Shanghai. “It’s really fun,” he said, “but I couldn’t figure out where to hold on.” —Columnist...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shanghai-tened Reality | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...take a taxi to my friend's briskly air-conditioned apartment, do some sightseeing, and fall asleep at 11 p.m. Wake up at 6 a.m. The travel gods are smiling on me: no jet lag, and the weather is gorgeous...

Author: By Lingbo Li | Title: Breakfast in Cantonese | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

...before I arrived. Now, after living here, working in the microfinance industry, and traveling extensively throughout the provinces, I feel a deep connection with the people and the history of Cambodia. The tragic history of the Cambodian people is not far beneath the surface of everyday life. In the taxi on the way to my hotel on my first night in Cambodia, I conversed with my driver about life in Cambodia, the best places to eat, and, of course, where to have a good time. After enthusiastically answering my questions and giving me recommendations on a slew of sketchy nightclubs...

Author: By Charles A. Lacalle | Title: Finance in the Third World | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV banned in Thailand after taxi-driver murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

Chinese authorities say two Kashgar men, taxi driver Kurbanjan Hemit, 28, and vegetable vendor Abdurahman Azat, 33, carried out an attack on security forces in the city. The local government says the pair, who are Uighur, were driven by religious extremism to attack a group of Chinese border police, killing 16 and injuring 16 more. "They said that religious beliefs are more important than life, more important than the prosperity of their familes, even their mothers," said Shi Dagang, the Communist Party secretary for Kashgar prefecture. "They were trying their best to perform jihad." The scene of the incident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jihad in China's Far West | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

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