Destination: China
There are [2436] stories and [41371] photos from China
Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented | Most Interesting | Random
Latest stories from China
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 | By connectlocally | Views [6865]
The wonton has a history in China
that dates back over 1000 years. Each region in China has its own variety of
the dumpling, made with different ingredients from shrimp and seafood to pork
and vegetables. It’s origins are said to be the basis of ... Read more >
Tags: china, chinese cuisine, connect locally, cuisine, culture, dumplings, food, northern china, travel, wontons
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By bundynbeaches | Views [2189] | Comments [1]
Five guys walk in to a hospital with an empty baijiu (local firewater - 'white wine') bottle and ask for it to be filled with pure alcohol. Back to the beginning; We set off from Chang Shan Hao gold mine at around 8:00 AM in -20 or so weather in ... Read more >
Tags: china, cold, driving, laughs
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 | By samvanneilson | Views [1061] | Comments [2]
So my first blog of the new year! Let me tell you about my businesses from the end of last year all the way up to this very minute! Christmas time is our first stop!
On Christmas Eve I went for a few drinks with a new teacher in my school. We went to ... Read more >
Tags: christmas, dragon, drinking, holidays, lost, new year, school, teachers, teaching
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 | By ollo | Views [1044] | Comments [2]
Jetzt, da allerorten die Wochen und Tage bis zum Christfest gezählt
werden, in der Innenstadt Engel schweben und Sterne leuchten, da es auf den
pünktlich installierten Märkten von A wie Anis bis Z wie Zimt nach allem Möglichen
duftet und sich ... Read more >
Wed, 5 Mar 2014 | By korric | Views [992] | Comments [2]
The weather's getting warmer, so training is increasing in intensity. It's still a little chilly out at times, but much warmer than a month ago. Normally, during power training on Wednesdays, among other things we do one-legged hops, frog jumps, and ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [792]
We have this stereotype...in America...about Asian drivers. It's that they're BAD at it. I don't know if stereotypes are ever justified. But this one, it seems, has been bred into them from their roots in the Motherland. Quite of few of my students ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 | By joshuapatterson23 | Views [758] | Comments [7]
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." - Juliet Capulet I have an enourmous responsibility. Since I have all freshman students the majority do not have English names. So they have requested ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 | By carol | Views [680] | Comments [3]
China is not what I expected. Wuhan and Beijing are just like any other metropolitan cities in North America but with a lot more neon lighting. There are tons of shopping malls with all the same products you'll find in the U.S. A few nights ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Sun, 17 May 2015 | By | Views [273] | Scholarship Entry
There are many unforgettable memories in every person's life. Memories that made us laugh and cry. Most of these memories come from our experiences. My experiences, was gaily and easy to remember. I was a boy who can memorize everything, because I have ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry
One summer I went to Shanghai, where the distinction between modernisation (in the form of the skyscraper forest) and tradition (bamboo scaffolding omnipresent elsewhere) is stark. Wandering around the Dongtai Lu antiques market, I was roused from my ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By sammyp | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
As a child I was always fascinated with visual art, almost as much as my passion for discovering new and alien places, cultures, and people. Travelling is said to broaden the mind, and I've found that statement to be 100% accurate in my experiences so ...
Read more >See all 5 photos >>
Tags: beijing, black and white, china, people, photography, wudang mountain, wudangshan
Sat, 8 Jun 2013 | By micro | Photo Gallery
I find China a fascinating place due to the speed at which it is changing and the opposing forces pulling it in different directions. There are visible tensions between old and new, rich and poor, tradition and progress, communism and capitalism, history ...
Read more >See all 5 photos >>
Tags: beijing, china, fashion, middle class, music, shanghai, technology, travel
Sun, 13 Oct 2013 | By krodin | Photo Gallery
See all 51 photos >>
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 | By zioned | Photo Gallery
See all 10 photos >>