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October 10, 2008
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August 17, 2007
In a less abstract sense, I care about my extended family in China. I care about my wife’s hometown, which I consider my second home — a small town in rural Hubei. I care about the people there, but I don’t go there and start offering advice. I shut up and try to learn something from them. Of course, a lot of China’s big problems are systemic and they affect the people I know and care about. But if China has taught me anything it is the value of shutting up and living your principles rather than preaching them.
Read the whole post by clicking the link above. It's worth it.
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August 06, 2007
Flickr user season3 uploaded a set of pictures taken inside Hongkou Stadium in May during its ongoing overhaul. It is set to debut during the Women's World Cup next month.
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July 10, 2007
Reading through old issues of "Soju And I" to figure out why he moved back to Korea (I'm up to January of this year and he still hasn't said), I came across this cool post:
Quick, what written characters did the Korean people invent? Anyone? Yes, you in the back there. Why yes they did indeed invent 한글...that's very astute of you. Anything else? Nobody? Well, they also invented some 漢字. Like this one!
畓(논 답)
"Wow...that's like totally awesome and stuff. What does it mean?"
Read on for the answer and more invented characters.
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July 08, 2007
From some random Chinese dude's weblog, 苦恼，被现实社会所折磨！:
房子 + 车子 = （美满的）婚姻
House + Car = (Fulfilling) Marriage房子 + 车子 + 美满的婚姻 = 幸福的生活
House + Car + Fulfilling Marriage = Living Happily Ever After
I've lost track of how many times I've heard this since moving here.
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June 24, 2007
Over time this weblog has taken on the function of serving up micro-recommendation of over weblogs covering China and/or Shanghai, which is as fine a purpose as any other. So with not further ado...
Lately I've been looking forward to new posts on Shanghai Scrap, a weblog by a news correspondent working out of Shanghai, one which has been focusing recently on Christianity in China: religion and the state's use of its property, the Vatican's relationship with the State-overseen Catholic church, the printing of Bibles abroad for distribution within China... The picture above was taken from the post on property, and shows Shanghai's St Ignatius Cathedral during the Cultural Revolution when it was repurposed as a grain storage space.
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June 20, 2007
Some academics say that the rise of a moneyed class in China won't necessarily lead to democracy. Here's something to toss into the mix:
(BTW, can you guess who 托克维尔 is? I got it right :)
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June 03, 2007
Bend over and be happy: the sequel (to my last post):
Before our class began in 2003, all of them came from other parts of China and probably without privileged back-door job connections in the capital. That means, if Chinese stereotypes of out-of-towners are true, these students probably expected to work hard for their gains in competitive Beijing.
La-laoshi, still keeping it real. My first job in Shanghai put me in contact with a few out of towners, some of who I still keep in touch with. These folks are real.
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March 08, 2007
One of the weblogs that I'm salivating over these days just released a couple of updates: MahamYe and her husband are renovating an old lane apartment in Huanpu District. What's cool is that they're adding their own style to the house, while at the same time maintaining lots of the original details and trying to learn as much as possible about the history of their alley, 龙门村 (around 尚文路 and 勋北路).
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