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Beijing: First Impressions, Peking Duck, And Others
I just came back from a few days trip to Beijing. Now that I’m feeling more hyper than ever (I think I slept at an exagerrated 10+ hours onboard the T104.), I’m just going to blog away here. First off,...
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Sign That You Are A True Han Chinese
People clamoring to pose in front of the "Good Han" stone structure There’s a Chinese saying that goes like this–if you haven’t been to the Great Wall of China, you are not a true Han Chinese. 不到长城非好汉...
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Expo Volunteers, Security, And The Shanghai Metro
Something’s brewing in the metro in Shanghai today. Aside from the sudden sprout of the Expo volunteer stations or information booths… …now this is what they meant when they said there will be a lot of...
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Quote: Cao Jianzhi on The Image of Shanghainese
“We Shanghainese value our image. We don’t want to lose face in front of the entire world…” After repeated civil behavior campaigns, bare-chested and pajama-wearing residents are now rarely seen in...
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Day 1 at CHINICT 2010 — China’s Biggest Tech Conference
Late May every year sees the gathering of a who’s who of startups in the IT world here in China. They’re both the known — such as China’s number one personal gadgets maker Aigo — and the...
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Tips On Learning Chinese In China
NOTE: I will be using the terms “Chinese” and “Mandarin” interchangeably. However, what I just mean is the Standard Spoken Mandarin used by the People’s Republic of China. I just came back from...
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The Party: The Secret World Of China’s Communist Rulers
(The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers, by Richard McGregor, 273pp) It’s depressing to realize how 273 tiny pages can raise the ire of the humongous Chinese Communist Party and kick...
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On China Housing Crisis: People Buying Houses Getting Younger
We’ve translated an article from China Economy (original article in Chinese), highlighting why the average home buying age in China is going down, despite the increasing prices. China Economy’s...
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How Much Does Getting Married In China Cost?
Source: Hi Shanghai Shanghai may be part of the top 50 most expensive cities to live in the world, but it is not the most expensive city in China to get married. And it is not Beijing either. China’s...
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China’s So-Called “Middle Class”
We translated a post before that enumerates and describes Shanghai’s 7 Social Classes. Here is a thread we found that talks about China’s so-called “middle class”. The term “middle class” is relative...
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