Tim Wang's eLearning Blog

Hi from Beijing China. Great weather here but a lot colder and drier than Vancouver. It's funny that the cab driver told me that the government of Beijing made a promise to the citizen that they would do their best to improve the air pollution in the city and they even guaranteed 200+ days of blue sky! It looks like their promise has been achieved as if today, 14 days before the year ends. I am sure the Mayor has crossed his fingers for less raining days as well.

Anyway, the biggest change I have experienced besides 100+ high rise buildings popped up beside my residence is that the Internet speed has increased dramatically by my ISP (ChinaNetCom). At a speed of 100Mbps, I can surf the American web sites at a fairly reasonable speed. I can watch most of the new Hollywood movie trailers, voice chat with my friends in Vancouver, Toronto and Amsterdam. Asian sites of course load much faster. I can watch full length movie and TV programs via this Internet connection at a better quality than the non-digital cable services! Will try some bench mark sites in the next few days to collect some first hand data, stay tuned. :)