Aug 12 2010
It’s been 7 years since I last visited Chinese Consulate in New York. Physically little has changed. I got there at 12:38pm on a Monday, a huge circling line dominated the first floor, the Visa Hall. The second floor was equally crowded. It was a solid 40 minutes wait. When [...]
Aug 10 2010
My last visit with her, Aug 9, 2003
Auntie Wang (1923 – 7/7/2010) was one of Mom’s close friends in Beijing. I don’t know where is habit stemming from but many Chinese would shorten their friend’s name from three characters down to two: family name plus the first character of given name. Like 王匡智, [...]
Aug 10 2010
A book by Quan Yanchi who got those intimate details from Mao’s former body guard Li Yinqiao.
page 45: [..Mao toured Shanghai in 1958.. and went to watch The Story of the White Snake.]
The row was made up of single soft chairs in cloth covers. I sat next to Mao so as to be close [...]
Aug 10 2010
炕 kang – a heatable brick bed in short forwarded to me by Renate from Margit Matthews.
A raised platform-style bed, traditionally built of baked mud, which was heated from underneath by a chimney from the stove, the smoke from which would keep the occupants warm during the harsh northern winters.
Aug 09 2010
What has this world come to?
An American official attended the Ceremony at Hiroshima?! For what Japs had done to China and Asia as a whole? Have they forgotten the Nanking Massacre? A billion plus people cheered the bombing, wasn’t that enough to justify the act? Shouldn’t the Americans embrace the [...]
Jun 22 2010
Dad changed a lot. I meant a LOT. Lately he’s been nagging me to go to Suzhou.
“You should go, check it out. That’s where Nainai’s from. Ask Jiujiu, he must know where she lived or .. ”
The first time I thought he’s drunk.
He despised her because he thought she gave bad [...]
Jun 14 2010
A great debate, just about time. But why the strikes and walk outs all happened at foreign factories/companies? Do they have Chinese government’s tacit permission? The Honda workers went on strike due to not able to form a union. Who denied them, the Honda or the local Chinese government?
Jun 09 2010
Once upon a time back in China, a 饭桶 (rice bucket; big eater; fathead; good-for-nothing ..) Emperor asked his chef what did he consider the most delicious thing in the world.
“Salt.” the chef replied without blinking.
The Emperor had 3,000 pretty women in his backyard and 3,000 scrumptious dishes on his table, he couldn’t believe his [...]
Jun 06 2010
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I’ve long heard that Hong Kong retailers are supported by the shoppers from main land China, the former da lu zai or da lu mei 大陆仔/妹, like .. they would buy Rolex watch in the dozens.
This was at Coach store at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets at Central Valley, NY. [...]
May 30 2010
By Deborah Rodriguez
B-
The first chapter perhaps is the best one. As I was reading it, I thought I was hearing Lucy’s voice all over again .. it was her who told me how the old timers treat the bride. In the old China, brides were prized for their lotus feet not their faces [...]
May 24 2010
Hillary Clinton visited the Shanghai Expo this past Saturday, 5/22. This Wall was started by the Committee of 100 for the United Chinese of America.
Have you uploaded your picture?
The American organizers say the pavilion has drawn long lines and 700,000 visitors since the Expo opened May 1, which attests either to the enduring attraction [...]
May 19 2010
Russians are reassessing Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (1879–1953):
Over the objections of many Russians, posters bearing Stalin’s image were approved by Moscow’s city government for display during celebrations marking Victory Day in Russia on Sunday. The issue was debated in the weeks leading up to the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, [...]
May 18 2010
AFS was granted an audience with Tu Hong (涂宏), the general manager of New York branch for Bank of Communications, Co., Ltd. 交通银行. Skipper Tu was only 36 years old when he was parachuted in New York in March 2004, having nerve traveled outside of China, and BoCom is China’s first overseas listed commercial [...]
May 13 2010
10月28日晚，在郑州市第二次大巡防集中行动中，郑州市公安局出动300余名警力，兵分十数路，集中开展打击涉黄涉赌专项行动，对全市的小浴池、小旅社、小录像厅、茶社、网吧、歌舞厅、电子游戏室、美容美发屋等公共复杂场所进行突击清理清查，对部分存在涉黄涉赌现象的娱乐场所进行重点打击，在当晚的行动中，成功查处多家涉黄涉赌场所，抓获违法犯罪人员9人。
May 13 2010
前晚，朝阳警方兵分四路突查天上人间、名门夜宴、花都、凯富国际等4家豪华夜总会，当场查获有偿陪侍小姐557人。4家夜总会被勒令停业整顿6个月。
5月13日北京电视台《特别关注》播出以上节目视频。
May 05 2010
For the last two years, the Shanghai Commission for the Management of Language Use has been trying to clean up English-language signs and menus to rid them of their malapropisms, like these examples.
The New York Times noted.
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hmmmmmm.. for the World Fair, errrhh the Expo 2010 Shanghai?
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Can not lah?
Think again.
Look at this pic – 世博双语指南 bi-lingual [...]
May 04 2010
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked & that no one would be poor & no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, “OK, [...]
May 03 2010
By Katheryn Stockett
B-
I’s slow reader, ..
1. In the 60s and they were talking about high college tuition, especially for girl?
2. Isn’t it a bit over kill that the author held out ‘what’s happened’ on two maids – Constantine and Minny – would one be enough? (I still don’t know yet .. by [...]