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Danwei's Third Plenary Session postponed

Posted by Lydia Wallace on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 11:36 AM

We are sorry to announce that Danwei's Third Plenary Session has been postponed because of suddenly announced onerous security requirements from the local police. We understand that they are scared of anything bad happening under their watch. They may be right in suspecting that some Danwei readers are counter revolutionaries who want to spoil the Olympic Games, but even so we do not really want to share our guest list with the cops.

We appreciate all the interest in the event expressed by our readers. We will organize a new date for the event when things calm down in Beijing.

Our apologies for canceling on such short notice.

Sincerely,
The Danwei Team

Update:

The police have decided that we do not need to furnish them with our guest list and guest passport numbers as previously requested. Unfortunately, the news came a little too late for us to revive the event.

Watch this space for details of the new date and venue.

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they all got nerved, didn't they

Posted by: safarinew | July 30, 2008 1:33 PM

What are the new rules? Groups cannot assemble or...?

Thanks

Posted by: Chris D | July 30, 2008 1:45 PM

I guess this is another incidence of local bureaucrats overreacting to central directives. One hundred correct action is no match for one mistake when careers are concerned. So they overreact and ban everything.

Posted by: on the other hand | July 30, 2008 2:12 PM

why not have it in Shanghai?

Posted by: koos | July 30, 2008 4:16 PM

You didn't see that coming from a mile away when you announced the planned meeting date?

Posted by: Hunxuer | July 30, 2008 5:52 PM

Hunxuer:

Hope springs eternal in the Danwei breast.

Posted by: Jeremy Goldkorn | July 30, 2008 6:40 PM

You can use these for next time:

John SMITH, pp# C2468135
Tom JONES, pp# D1357246
Dick KING, pp# E9753642
Harry JOHNSON, pp# F8642357
...

Or, in Chinese:

Yi WANG pp# G86423579
Er LI pp# H79136482
San ZHANG pp# G68241397
...

I'm sure you're getting the idea.

I'll even write you a computer program to generate your guest list, if there's no-one at Danwei HQ who can code.

Posted by: Shannon | July 30, 2008 11:16 PM

How about now? I imagine it should be OK now that the Olympics are over?

Posted by: Fergus | September 19, 2008 10:38 AM

Yah, I second hardcore security for danwei. You guys should encrypt, encrypt, and encrypt!!! (If you ain't doing that already). Be paranoid, paranoid, and paranoid!!!

No I'm not too paranoid (about private stuff), since I don't have much secrets (that I care about :P ), but you guys are different, if you get my drift.

Posted by: sol | September 19, 2008 3:08 PM

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