You know you’re in China when…..

… you have to write a very quick blog post saying "I have arrived safely in Shanghai" because that’s the best way to inform friends and family of that fact, because I can’t access Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ (intriguingly, LinkedIn is no problem), and Gmail is loading so slowly that I’d expect the Israel-Palestinian peace ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast.

... you have to write a very quick blog post saying "I have arrived safely in Shanghai" because that's the best way to inform friends and family of that fact, because I can't access Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ (intriguingly, LinkedIn is no problem), and Gmail is loading so slowly that I'd expect the Israel-Palestinian peace process to move faster.

… you have to write a very quick blog post saying "I have arrived safely in Shanghai" because that’s the best way to inform friends and family of that fact, because I can’t access Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ (intriguingly, LinkedIn is no problem), and Gmail is loading so slowly that I’d expect the Israel-Palestinian peace process to move faster.

That is all.

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner

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