Long Time no Break

My last break from posting was some ten months ago, and it’s time for another one. Why? Because posting has been a habit of mine for the past two years or more (I started quite exactly three years ago, with a rapidly rising posting frequency). Most habits need to be given a rest every now and then.

That said, I will keep checking for comments, free pending comments from the filter, and take care of stuff that isn’t in line with these simple-enough rules.

Bremen, Überseestadt

Number of posts to date (including this one): 1,280 (mostly of timeless value).

Scheduled break time (minimum): ten days.

Merci de votre fidélité, et à la prochaine.

Bye-bye, Guobao, Berlin Bizarre?

German daily Die Welt believes that Ai Weiwei (艾未未), if he makes it to Berlin again, will find himself in a “bizarre situation”, as the man from whom he wants to buy an industrial building for his projects, a Berlin barrister and realtor, [update: name omitted]  hadn’t only been a leading member of East Germany’s “Free German Youth” (FDJ) mass organization, but had also served the ministry for state security (Stasi) under the alias “Fidel”.

____________

Related
Huanqiu: China is no Puppet, it’s Complicated, April 8, 2011

____________