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January - Chun Jie (Spring Festival/Chinese New Year), China

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 | By worldfestivals | Views [8272]

Location: Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong Dates: Lunar New Year (between 19 January and 20 February) Level of Participation: 3 – there’s a host of activities relating to Chinese New Year, and your level of involvement ... Read more >

Tags: china, chinese new year, chun jie, hong kong, spring festival, world festivals

Beijing and Shanghai

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By george | Views [3601] | Comments [3]

Ni Hao! Arriving in Beijing, I was quite glad that - before leaving the UK - I'd used accumulated Airmiles to book a couple of nights in a hotel. It was well nice to indulge in some 'flashpacking' at the end of all the train journeys from Russia, ... Read more >

Tags: On the Rails

This Way to Racist Park

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 | By dherman | Views [2237] | Comments [1]

Tibet Activists Expose Colonialst Mentality at Olympic Park Her screams were faint at first, but soon they filled the air. "Free Tibet! Free Tibet!" I looked up and saw a thin, young woman and another slightly older man on the walking bridge ... Read more >

Tags: beijing, free tibet, olympics, protests, tibet

Spring Festival - Chinese Coal Country Style

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Views [2234] | Comments [2] | Video

Everywhere you look in this area you see either coal, coal dust or coal smoke. Shanxi Province is one of the main coal producing regions in China and everything from the power stations to the stove in the earth house on the outside of the city is fueled ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Christmas Party (School event)

Tue, 4 Jan 2011 | By samvanneilson | Views [785] | Comments [1]

I was attempting to make a vlog for this day but its so much god damn work I gave up maybe 4 hours in....go me. So this was the 18 th of December! I had my first class at 9 30 and after that rushed over to the restaurant for the party.... Read more >

Tags: christmas, kids, parents, party, performances, teachers

Wikipedia

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [717]

is not blocked! Apparently, a major influx of English speakers and the absolute absurity of blocking the entire site finally hit the Commies. Because I can now search for nationalism or chickens or Eugene Delacroix freely. Of courese, only the ... Read more >

Tags: culture

Not much happening here

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 | By hanadignan | Views [442] | Comments [1]

I am sad to say life has slowed down again. In some ways I am happy I can have a space all to myself, I can get creative with my work and spend time on my studies. I still have a ways to go to find the right kinda people I do things with regularly ... Read more >

Hong Kong International Airport

Sat, 21 Jan 2017 | By ljkennedy | Views [440]

After a 15 hour flight, I thought I would have a coffee. Was delighted to see a Starbucks. I decided to follow the advice of a young woman who sat near me on the plane and experience some local coffee. She purchased a "white coffee" for me from a shop ... Read more >

Fear And Wonder In The Grasslands

Sun, 24 May 2015 | By | Views [258] | Scholarship Entry

As the Tibetan mastiffs growled their terrifying growl, I clung to my horse. My fingers wound deep into her mane as our hearts pounded together. I closed my eyes fearing the dogs, trained to attack, would leap on us. My horse stood tall and brave, my ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 writing scholarship