For anyone interested, I have a new post on the China Beat, introducing the new generation of young driven Chinese by way of the six characters I follow here. They’ve been called “the stupid generation”. I beg to differ.
With a new academic year looming tomorrow, I’ll take this opportunity to say a big thanks to everyone who has helped Six this last year: first and foremost to Ben, Jack, Leonidas, Marie, Mary, Matilda, Tony and William; also to the sites (especially China Beat, CDT and CNReviews) which have given links; to my brother for his design and technical help; mama and papa for telling people about it even if they don’t want to know; and finally thank you to everyone other than my immediate family who reads Six!
Plenty of blogging to come this year, from Tsinghua campus as well as Beida …
Alec Ash
I studied Mandarin in Beijing, where I began writing this blog in the Olympic summer of 2008