昨晚梦见一条受伤的龙，像一只大蜥蜴，小山一样大，受了重伤，在我面前，肉像打开的花瓣一样，血乎淋拉的

然后龙说话，让我帮他做件事，好像要证明什么

然后伤就好了，往前一窜就把我带到海里了

看到一辆公共汽车，里面都是黑衣女子，我跟龙说这些都是妖，然后飞起一脚踢到了一个女人的后腰，她就变成了一条鱼

后来我好像就留在海底了，身边好像还有龟丞相

 

很混乱，怀疑是晚上看了《集结号》的结果

不过上网查了查，说梦见龙是吉兆，梦见鱼、龟、黑衣女子也好，大体都是要发财的意思

想了想，又不买彩票，难道股市要大涨？

One of the hallmarks of bad China journalism is reacting hysterically when China is found to be doing things that everyone else is doing. Unfortunately, it happens rather a lot, presumably because hysteria shifts more units than thoughtful, reasonable analysis. The result is that complex issues often get reduced to fearmongering or xenophobic tripe.

This situation is aggravated by the fact that Chinese government people and corporate leaders are, by and large, gifted with tin ears for PR. So I wasn't surprised to see this AFP nugget from Davos in which we learn that (shock!) China Mobile knows where its subscribers are, has access to their personal information, and may provide information to the authorities:

China's mobile network: a big brother surveillance tool?

DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) — Serious concerns were raised in Davos last week about the ability of the Chinese government to spy on the country's 500 million mobile phone users.

The head of China's biggest mobile phone company, which has more than 300 million subscribers, stunned delegates by revealing that the company had unlimited access to the personal data of its customers and handed it over to Chinese security officials when demanded.

The admission, described as "bone-chilling" by US Congressman Ed Markey, sent shivers through an audience of telecom experts at the World Economic Forum who immediately saw the potential for misuse and surveillance.

"We know who you are, but also where you are," said the CEO of China Mobile Communications Corporation, Wang Jianzhou, whose company adds six million new customers to its network each month and is already the biggest mobile group in the world by users.

He was explaining how the company could use the personal data of its customers to sell advertising and services to them based on knowledge of where they were and what they were doing.

Wang could have picked his words better. "We know who you are, but also where you are," makes it sounds like he is arranging a mob hit.

But that doesn't change the fact that, from what I can see in this article, China Mobile is doing much the same things as mobile telecoms operators the world over. All mobile phone operators know where you are. That's how a mobile network works. That's why many mobile operators and handset makers around the world are pushing location-based services, which depend explicitly on the operator knowing both who you are and where you are (as does sending you a bill). If this bugs you then you have problems much closer to home than China. And you might want to cut up your credit cards and take a sledge-hammer to your computer while you're at it.

As for providing information when the Chinese authorities ask for it, what do you expect a Chinese telecommunications company to do? We're not discussing Yahoo here.

The article gets a little less breathless later on, explaining the idea of location-based services and including a quote from an academic pointing out that privacy issues with mobile phones apply to all countries. But you have wade through US representative Ed Markey, chairman of the House subcommittee on telecommunications, arching his eyebrows "so high they're hitting the ceiling" before you get to that. (Markey is pretty sensible on telecommunications stuff, and voted "nay" on last year's loathsome "Protect America Act", which expanded America's own powers of domestic surveillance, so at least he as a moral plank to stand on.)

I normally don't like bringing up a negative US comparison in the face of China criticism as it is an often weak rhetorical tactic I associate with comment trolls. But I think it provides a little useful perspective in this case. In fact, China may have an advantage in the mobile anonymity department in that in China, despite the best efforts of the Ministry of Information Industry, it is still relatively easy to get an anonymous, stored-value mobile phone number. Try getting an anonymous phone number in the US without resorting to cloning. Try getting a phone at all without a mobile contract and see how far you get.

There is a serious PR lesson here. Now that Chinese companies are global, it's lots of fun to go to Davos and rub shoulders with the business glitterati. But Chinese executives, especially those from big state-linked companies, need to learn that their public statements will judged differently than the utterances of American or European bosses. It won't always be fair, but it will be the case. They should plan and train accordingly.

This doesn't mean that they should not speak at events or talk to the press. It does mean that they should consider what they are saying and ask themselves how, in an era when China comes in for a measure of suspicion, foreign audiences will react to what they are saying. Chinese business leaders could be some of China's best international advocates, but they face the challenge of playing to a sometimes hostile audience.

 

 Open mouth, insert phone. 

 

周末两天泡在新东方，看到很多来报班上课的mm，突然悟出一个道理
越是美女，或者推而广之，越是优秀的人，越容易对现实生活感到失望
古有竹林七贤，今有东方mm啊
为什么这么多美女都想出国，很大的原因是在国内找不到和自己般配的男子
失望，太失望了
不如漂洋过海，也许有片新大陆
这是自以为是，还是一个事实？
我说，爱情啊，怎会是这般幼稚
没有最好，只有最合适
看着好的，用起来未必好
你觉得好的，对方未必觉得你好
只有经过磨合的，才是耐用的

 

有识之士，快掀起一波“留住mm”运动吧
本来人口比例就失调了，人才再流逝
国将不国了啊

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

两千人的集会是什么？游行？
两千人在天下第一城集会是什么？造反？
两千膜拜偶人在天下第一城集会是什么？膜拜偶公司春晚！

 

别的我不说了，就来点评几个节目

 

第一个，XX分公司的小品。一共5个人物：养猪的老农和农妇、猪肉贩子、村长和膜拜偶公司的客户经理。主要内容就是老农使用了移动公司的农信机，及时掌握了市场上的猪肉价格，识破了猪肉贩子的价格欺诈，成功的将猪肉出栏价提高了一块钱。且不说这小品可不可乐，这主题就有问题，讲来讲去，其核心思想就是，膜拜偶公司串联农户，哄抬物价，不仅对猪肉贩卖市场造成严重侵蚀，而且还致使CPI上涨。这样的恶劣行径，真令人发指啊！打倒膜拜偶公司！打倒不法奸商！

 

第二个，XX分公司的舞蹈。一群小姑娘穿着日本学生装扮演营业员，边跳舞边受理客户投诉，这一群不管男的女的、老的小的、土的洋的、丰乳的肥臀的客户，也是边跳舞边夸膜拜偶公司好。且不说这舞跳得有没有美感，这身扮相就不成啊，你这是膜拜偶公司的营业员吗？营业员是这身打扮吗？你这分明是制服诱惑，是公然在高雅的艺术殿堂上像日本AV致敬。打倒淫秽色情！打倒哈日90后！

 

第三个，XX部联队的舞蹈（怎么这么多舞蹈！）。这个舞蹈其实编排的不错，是一个叙事性的故事，说彝族阿哥养了一只山鹰，要带到奥运赛场上，却不幸因为救人双目失明了，后来在可爱的阿妹的鼓励下，又振作起来了，又上北京了，又奥运了。演员跳的也不错，服装舞美也还行，可就这台词不成，什么阿妹说“我一定要帮阿哥振作起来”，什么“鸟巢”，什么“大水”的，这不让人联想都不成啊！那天还有人说“鸟巢鸟巢，一鸟入巢”，靠，还真形象啊。再次打倒淫秽色情！打倒不健康的联想（此联想非彼联想）！

 

唉，我那些台上蹦蹦跳跳的兄弟姐妹啊，你们真不容易，我知道你们都是被迫的，是被强制的，我向你们付出的劳动致敬，为你们被盘剥的光阴哀悼。

 

补充一点，公司规模大了，漂亮小姑娘也多了，那小蛮腰、那小脸蛋，那欢愉的眼波，就让人想起春天的欢闹，那丰满的身段，又让人想起秋天的丰收，那....那啥啥也是瑜不掩瑕！

 

说说中国电信产业

 

一、关于重组，近日传中国移动和中国铁通合并，其实这个消息中移动高层早就透露给社会了，君不见最新的神州行广告，葛优坐着火车打手机，有信号走再远也不远。这个创意，不就是“移动+铁路”吗，最后葛优再来一句“我看行”，充分肯定了重组的必要性，也体现了中国移动人对未来发展的坚定信念。

 

二、今天大盘暴跌，但中国联通却逆势上扬，充分体现了国有大型企业的社会责任，比中移动的什么“绿箱子”、“绿行动”强多了，这才叫“红段子”，让你中移动“绿”，你自己跌去吧。

这感觉，就像是一个人走在路上，清清楚楚的知道身后有人正举枪瞄准自己

却不知道自己在走出子弹射程前，对方是否会开枪，什么时候开枪

只好继续走，只好继续走

2004~2008.......

新年新栏目：

赵老师说文解字 Mr.Zhao In Words

 

第一回

英文 Wordless

翻译：无语，无话可说

造句：Too many work to do, wordless 太多的活要干，无语了 / 我得累死

 

类似的还有，Niubility 牛逼的名词形式，译为“牛逼性”，不可数

造句：I am full of niubility 我很牛逼