Category China

China-Taiwan Intricacies!

The intricacy of the relationships between China and Taiwan shows its little head even in subjects like the road taken by the Olympic Torch Relay on its way to Beijing next year!

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Private Room at Know How Restaurant

There is a nice little restaurant, close to where we live in Xiamen, called Know How.

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Books on China

I have been reading a few books about China.

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My husband received an issue of Puck, a New York magazine dated 1895 as a gift from my parents. And, surprisingly, the center spread was this illustration. The Chinese emperor, looking rather ill, is being served ultimatums (hard pills to swallow) from Britain, Russia, and Japan.

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History Discussion With a Young Chinese

I decided to ask a local young Chinese about what he learned at school about China in the middle of the 19th century and the relationship with the Western nations.

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$3.70 Meal for Two!

Yep. Two lunches of noodles for a total of 28RMB ($3.70). Nice dishes. Great taste.

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China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power draws on Gifford's 20 years of observing first-hand this rapidly transforming country, as he travels east to west, from Shanghai to China's border with Kazakhstan.

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Tonight We Can Read Blogs in China!

Tonight we can read blogs in China.

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370 Million Tourists in One Week!

When 1.3 billion people are on holiday at the same time for a whole week, it can get pretty chaotic!

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A Day in Colonial Gulang Yu

Spending the day walking around Gulang Yu was such a treat last Sunday! Gulang Yu is a small island just a 5-minute ferry ride from the island of Xiamen.

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