In my never-ending quest to get some damn hockey in this country, I’ve come across this article on CBC’s website: CBC’s Hockey Day In Canada will add a multicultural twist to its eighth annual broadcast on Saturday in Winkler, Man. CBC will break new ground with multi-language options available live and online exclusively at CBCSports.ca. The …Read More
With flak jacket on, and earplugs in place, I thought I’d usher in the new lunar year with a little post about the origins of the Chinese New Year, as well as some useful language for the holiday. This is my fourth endurance of the explosive holiday, and I always approach it with mixed emotions. …Read More
With the Year of the Rat just about to arrive, I can’t imagine a better image than this for our Photo of the Week. Every week(ish) we’ll feature an interesting, funny, beautiful or otherwise noteworthy photo here. If you have a photo you think might make a good Photo of the Week, throw it in …Read More
With us expats in China deep into the country’s chilly months, perhaps we’re a little late for these tips – but none the less, here’s a bit of advice for anyone currently reading this with gloves on. Now, quite obviously these don’t apply to big-salary expats that are living in apartments with floor-heating and double-glazed …Read More
I was enrolled in formal Chinese studies at a university here in Dalian for one year. And today I realized that one year was just not enough. Let me explain why. I’ve been living in China for 4+ years, and picking up Mandarin bit by bit over that time. Practical Mandarin. First it was the …Read More
Shakes finally remembered the first of the police officers arriving at the scene to adapt to the fourth rule P is to protect the scene of the murder. Angry horn started flooding the air in the early Microsoft 70-480 Practice Test morning misty, quickly mixed into the drivers roar Learnguidepdf angry. A moment later, she …Read More
I just finished reading Walter Russell Mead’s cleverly titled opinion piece in the LA Times: The great fall of China. I gotta say, he paints an interesting picture of Americans, never mind the “China” he is writing about. The article points to a recent study by the World Bank that concluded that their previous figures …Read More
With Spring Festival just a couple weeks away, time to remind any first-time Laowai to be careful as they venture out in what must be the world’s largest annual mass-migration. Despite being one of the larger stories on Chinese-language news channels, little has been mentioned externally about an accident in Wuhu, Anhui, on January 13, …Read More
We return to the expressive photography of Shelby Karns for this weeks Photo of the Week. With Spring Festival only a couple weeks away, I thought this shot might be a good reminder for all of us to find some cottonwads before it’s too late. Every week we’ll feature an interesting, funny, beautiful or otherwise …Read More
Just a little over a week ago reports came out about a man, Wei Wenhua, being beaten to death by hired city official “enforcers” in the city of Tianmen, Hubei. Wei had stopped near a clash between city officials and locals who were protesting the dumping of garbage by their homes. When Wei attempted to …Read More
One of the first things ever said to me about Chinese zoos was from an English friend of mine shortly after I first arrived in China. He explained that before I head to any of China’s various “zoo”-like establishments I need to understand that in a country where [*hr*] are limited, don’t expect to see …Read More
When I got an e-mail a few months back from book publisher DK to see if I was interested in reviewing their new book, “China: People Place Culture History“, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had, wrongly, assumed that the book would simply be a token collection of pages about …Read More
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