I heard this on CCTV9 last night, and the “66th new record high” got my attention. That’s propaganda-speak for “steady improvement”, but this is pretty impressive even without the overblown description.
The Chinese Foreign Exchange Trading System says the renminbi (RMB) broke the record 7.47 mark on Wednesday, with the central parity rate at 7.4692 yuan [...]
An article in China Daily listed the ten Beijing bus routes where transit police believe robbers are most common.
They are 9, 57, 701, 707, 728, 44, 300, 302, 808, and the Bus Rapid Transit route between Qianmen and Demaozhuang in Daxing district. Some of these bus lines are long-distance rides where passengers often fall asleep, [...]
We had another lame department meeting on Friday, at which the foreign teachers were asked to sing more songs, add more chants, and more “action songs.” Now, I’m not adverse to teaching and singing Head&Shoulders, or the ABC song (with both tunes, I’m multi-cultural!), or even the Hokey Pokey, when it actually relates to the [...]
Sunday afternoon, Stick and I took a long walk to our new favorite restaurant, a little shop on Xinhua Jie. Our new spot isn’t very different from any of the other little not-dumpling restaurants in the area, but the differences are significant ones. The tables and plates are clean, and the staff are friendly. The [...]
One of the more frustrating things about life abroad is China’s internet censorship. Many common sites (Feedburner, Livejournal, Blogger, to name a few) are blocked here.
The China Dream Blog has an awesome link to a quick, free download that will enable you to get Wikipedia and Blogspot and all the other, um, difficult sites in [...]
All copies of the Beijing Times are sold out — the greatest mei you ever.
So the Sunning Electrical Appliance Store bought a huge color ad in the Beijing Times, just in time for the National Day shopping extravaganza. But a competitor launched a freakishly well-organized campaign to send minions out to every Beijing Times-selling kiosk [...]
Most of the time I’m fascinated by the cultural gap between China and the US, but sometimes? I just don’t get it.
Over morning break at school one morning, Teacher Assistant A and Teacher Assistant B begin to discuss the high cost of electricity. This gets my attention because these TAs don’t speak English unless forced. [...]
Da Bu Tong / Not The Same
Corner of Nan Ma Lu and Wenhua Gong Jie
Hohhot
Inner Mongolia
We actually ate at Da Bu Tong both nights in Hohhot. They have a pretty good reputation for different varieties of broth and lots of ingredients to put in your soup! The first night, we got a crazy hot mutton [...]
Kokoro Japanese Food
Quick, Delicious Japenese Food * 555 Broadway, Denver (6th & Broadway)
http://kokorodenver.ypguides.net
A fast, delicious and healthy alternative for those in a rush … service is quick, and take-out even quicker. Sit down or fly out … you won’t be disappointed. Dining in is fabulous … wonderful and friendly staff, good food, good prices, and [...]
