I stumbled across this British documentary series about Central Asia. It’s pretty good. The first two nations are Kazakhstan and Kyrgystan, where the filmmakers meet a Beatles cover band that ends up performing at Castle Club in Liverpool.

MEET THE STANS — episode 1&2: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

My VPN has been very stable today. I guess the “Two Sessions” national congress in Beijing has ended, and China’s net nannies can take a break.