From the <a href="http://www.beijinglug.org/" title="BLUG is an open-for-all non-profit organization promoting and supporting the GNU/Linux community in China."><acronym title="Beijing Linux User Group">BLUG</acronym></a> mailing list:

<quote>Richard Stallman (aka RMS), the father of GNU, FSF, and Free and Open Source Software, is on a trip around China and will stop over to <a href="http://www.beijinglug.org/Members/bjorn/rms-in-beijing" title="Beijing GNU/Linux User Group: Richard Stallman (RMS) speaks at the BLUG">talk to the BLUG</a> this coming Saturday, September 17th at Steak & Eggs at 17:00. (See <a href="http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/en/beijing/venues/steak-eggs-chef-paul-s-pizza-pasta.html" title="City Weekend Beijing: Steak & Eggs + Chef Paul's Pizza & Pasta">http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/en/beijing/venues/Steak%20and%20Eggs</a> for venue information) 

He will talk from 17:00 to 18:00, and will most likely stay for dinner later. You're welcome to eat before or after the talk. 

See ya there! </quote>

Lucky bums!  We need a user group in Shanghai... <ins datetime="2005-09-16T15:49:08+08:00">(and the next day, this e-mail gets two responses, both from Shanghai-area Linux enthusiasts wondering if RMS will make it to their city.  I win!)</ins>

--From Sam Ruby's entry on his <a href="http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2005/09/13/Sri-Lanka" title="Sam Ruby">visit to Sri Lanka</a>:

<quote>By Sri Lankan standards, Colombo is a fairly young city, with few buildings more than two to three hundred years old.  The place where I gave my tutorial showed many signs of  British colonial architecture.  In the US such places are rare, and restored.  Here they aren’t considered particularly old or rare, instead they are commonplace, and lived in.</quote>

I never thought of it like that, but Shanghai is this way too...