The Palanquin of a Chinese Bride
A very special moment of Chinese tradition! Maybe it did not mean much to my fellow travelers, but for me, it was one of the most exciting moments on my time in China…
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Category China
China Media Coverage of the Tibet Situation
What I am sharing here is how we felt last week when trying to get news about Tibet from “inside China”… You had to be there to realize how the “picture” of what was happening could be incredibly distorted!
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Heading to Spratly!
Xiamen is where we have lived for the past 7 months.
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Xiamen Sidewalks
Some tiles (like the yellow ones on the photo) are actually soft, like made of rubber. But why?
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Chinese’s Bound Feet
I remember hearing about Chinese women with bound feet when I was young. I thought it was a legend.
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Love for Mao
I have not heard one Chinese person mention Mao"s name. I am sure they got an overdose of him for years. But Mao is in the flea markets today... for the pleasure of tourists.
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Lantern Festival
Last night we finally went and wandered through the great displays of lanterns not far from our apartment.
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Ex-Pats of the World
Fascinating people… whom we have met in the past few months. There is something truly fascinating about being in places like China and meeting all sorts of people with intriguing life stories to share.
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The Year of the Rat
The “year of the rat” is everywhere around us… to my great surprise.
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Beijing – Getting Ready for the Olympics
We watched a really interesting program on the Discovery channel two nights ago on how Beijing is getting ready for the Olympic Games.
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