I’m happy to report that I am a new member of the China Blog Network! This is a website that collects information on blogs from all around China and puts them together on one website so you can discover a number of new blogs. I think this is a great
It's Chinglish Time Again!
Here are some more great finds from around China!
Some Specific Differences of Chinese and American Education
As I’ve been learning, the Chinese and Western ways of learning are vastly different. For starters, they work much, much harder. (They laughed, actually laughed in disbelief, when I told them our school day is from about 8:00-2:30. They start earlier and often go until 9 p.m. and then stay
In-Car Ballet
I stumbled across this video and thought I had to share it because it was so funny. At a car event in Wuhan, China the crowd was entertained by a synchronized-swimming type event, only with legs (in different color leggings) thrusting out of cars from the sunroof. Ester Williams they
The Foreigner Grapevine
When we were traveling to Kaifeng, we had a tough train ride. It was incredibly crowded, hot, and seemed much longer than the 6 hours it took. We arrived late in the day, discombobulated, tired and hungry. We walked out of the train station and waved away a female rickshaw
Construction in China: A Tale of Two Buildings
It’s no secret that China is having a building boom. The rate of development has been talked about to death by all the major media outlets for the past several years. I can even see it in my little boonie of a town. They have been developing the area around
The God of Wealth
You can’t travel for very long in China without seeing a picture, or statue, of one of the most revered gods. Statues of gods are a dime a dozen here, but everyone, no matter what their religion gives this man his props. Who is he and why is he so
Robbed Again!
About a month ago, our apartment was broken into and the thief got away with our camera (and almost a laptop.) Now, a thief has struck again. The missing goods this time? My bike. Getting your bike stolen in China is almost a rite of passage. I couldn’t find any
Got an Hour? Watch this Documentary!
I recently watched this documentary and thought it was worth sharing. It’s called Please Vote for Me and it’s about kid’s running to be class monitor. You see, every class in China has a class monitor. It’s like the class president and the monitor is responsible for keeping the kid’s
Drawing a Crowd
Walking in Hangzhou the other day we noticed a gathered crowd. A crowd in China is nothing to get too excited about, sometimes even we cause a small crowd to gather when we eat dinner outside or go clothes shopping. But when we see a crowd, especially in a park,