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Five Emerging Trends in China
Yesterday i had the opportunity to hear my friend @jkpittman talk about 5 emerging trends in China. She is a brilliant China-watcher, writer, and communicator. She’s been doing various culture training sessions with our new teachers in China and i was finally able to catch a session yesterday that was geared more towards our long [...]
8 Things That Make Beijing Different
One of my pet-peeves is when people tell me i don’t live in the “real” China because i live in Beijing. Let’s be clear, Beijing is the real China, although it may look and feel a little different than your neck of the woods elsewhere in China. It’s a different side of a China. It’s [...]
I Want to Eat
Here’s a quick story for you about language.
Today i was in my elevator going down to the first floor from my 19th floor apartment. In the elevator with me was a McDonald’s delivery guy. (Yes, McDonald’s delivers in China. That’s another post for another day). On the way down i asked how much they charge [...]
My Chinese Door
It thick, it’s heavy and you have to slam it hard to get it to shut all the way. When i shut the door behind me every morning when i leave i feel like i’m slamming a vault door shut because of the weight and sturdiness of that thing.
Today, my roommate left to go to [...]
Difference Between Hong Kong and Beijing
Many people often ask what i think the big differences are between Hong Kong and Beijing. Both are major Chinese cities, both are big players on a global scale. So, how are they different? I’ll tell you.
I recently spent a solid 2 weeks in Hong Kong. Most of that was spent without an agenda, just [...]
Lingt.com
If you’re into language learning, especially Chinese, then this blog post is for you. A good friend sent me a link to Lingt.com yesterday and told me i might enjoy it. I was out running errands when the email came through so i wrote back to say that i’d look into it when i got [...]
Avatar
A few days ago i had the privilege of seeing the highly talked about movie, Avatar. I’m not sure what you know about it, but i knew nothing about it going into the movie. I had not even seen the trailer. Actually, the only reason i suggested to some friends to go see it was [...]
Stare Down
Observation from two years in China::
Chinese people can hold a stare. I have yet to win a stare down with a stranger in China.
Therapy
We found ourselves in a dimly lit room on the damp and cold second floor of a small shop in a small alley near a small road in western Beijing. Without knowing where you are going it’s not likely you would ever find this place. In this small room there is a short wall dividing [...]
Happy 60th China
Yesterday (Oct. 1) China turned 60 years old. “Wait a minute,” you say, “I thought China was the oldest civilization on earth?”
Good point. Let me explain.
In 1949 Mao Zedong declared China to officially be the People’s Republic of China and that is when today’s communist China officially began. So on October 1 China celebrates her [...]
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