Category Archives: China

Silence of the Chickens

Posted on November 10, 2005 by Andrew

My teacher dismissed us from class today with a warning to avoid getting sick, and a suggestion to stay away from chicken and duck meat. As he said this, I realised that my crazy neighbour’s traditional morning yell wasn’t accompanied … Continue reading →

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so long, wiki

Posted on October 21, 2005 by Andrew

I was having such a wonderful day — and then I came home to find Danwei.org reporting that Wikipedia is now blocked in China. By now, I’m used to not being able to read the BBC, but with Blogspot slowly … Continue reading →

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a dialogue

Posted on September 29, 2005 by Andrew

(translated from a Chinese conversation textbook) Mary: Teacher, what is a “dagongmei”? Teacher: A “dagongmei” is a young woman who comes from the countryside to the city to do part-time work. Mary: Is their work always very hard? Teacher: It … Continue reading →

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stalin in the street

Posted on September 25, 2005 by Andrew

A few days ago, I was walking down Wangfujing Dajie, Beijing’s main shopping street, when I came across a public sculpture exhibition dedicated to world peace. Clearly, the standard olive branches and children-holding-doves material, while represented, wasn’t enough for the … Continue reading →

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milk &c.

Posted on September 5, 2005 by Andrew

There are times when I truly love China. This evening, when I won five litres of milk in a restaurant lucky draw, was one of those times. For one glorious moment, after I opened the outer box, I thought that … Continue reading →

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mules and such

Posted on May 21, 2005 by Andrew

A friend told me last night that he believes people move and travel overseas because they like to have to struggle for things – staying in one place is too easy. I’m not sure I entirely agree, but maybe I … Continue reading →

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habemus commutati

Posted on April 24, 2005 by Andrew

(atinlay otentiallypay estionablequay) It’s now late April, which makes this the largest gap in updating in some time. In order to make it seem somewhat worthwhile, I have made public a general re-design of the site I did a while … Continue reading →

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i brought nylons from new york

Posted on November 9, 2004 by Andrew

One of my neighbours enjoys shouting from her balcony. It always sounds like this or this. Sometimes it is louder, sometimes quieter. She has started as early as 5 am, and sometimes goes well into the night. At around 9:30pm … Continue reading →

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i have found a fantastic dictionary (non-esperanto)

Posted on October 30, 2004 by Andrew

Beijing was rather polluted today. Inspired by this, I have delved into differences between pollution ratings in two large Chinese cities (Hong Kong and Beijing). My delving was not very rigorous — no rigour involved, really — and should not … Continue reading →

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from now on, no references to esperanto unless I feel like it

Posted on October 17, 2004 by Andrew

This showed up on a menu at a restaurant I visited with my classmates: Photos of that dinner and a selection of silly photos also exist.

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