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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Your good deed for the year, fledging a new birder. Good on you!
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Just a different world! Thank you for the quick overview. China is so endlessly fascinating because the culture appears to have resisted any thought of the divine, thousands of years of history without a Jesus or a Mohammed, yet very deeply superstitious. Must be a challenge to navigate on...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Thank you, Owen, for this tidbit. I'd never heard of a prosperity frog, but if it is a popular meme in China, it seems a great way to get people to think ecologically. Maybe the old culture legacies have real wisdom in them.
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    You've offered the perfect illustration of a not uncommon situation where limited DoF and slow focusing are helpful for getting the bird. Yet these are not at all sought after marketing attributes for birding binoculars. Rather the emphasis is on great DoF and fast focus. Is that really what...
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Sad, the bureaucracy remains clueless. I cannot think of an individual more beneficial to the global acceptance/understanding of the new China than you, yet you have to jump through hoops for the right to stay there. Is anyone intelligent aware?
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Wonderful! Maybe an indication that nature conservation is beginning to be a factor in the Chinese community.
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    Panjin Birding by the Old Fat Man

    Seems an ominous indication that the abusive development of the coastal regions in Asia is having the expected consequences. Apparently there will not be any serious political priority given to environmental concerns until there is a catastrophe. We can only hope the ecosystem can still recover...
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