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Comment on China Carnival #5: Travel tips, Silk market, Shenzhen by play blackjack now

play blackjack now — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:38 +0000

if I really got into it and studied it for a month then I could get a much deeper understanding, I have undergone huge change as a result of studying the Tao Te Ching and other peoples interpretations of it.

Comment on Ten Types of Residential Houses Chinese People Live In by Mark

Mark — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:46:51 +0000

see http://www.pem.org/sites/yinyutang/ for an interesting article about a 200 year old family house dis-assmbled, moved from China to be re-assembled at a museum in Salem, MA.

Comment on China Carnival #11: Water Poet, Tea Sets, Great Wall by Zhu

Zhu — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:30:11 +0000

Thank you for including my contribution! I hope you had a great Chinese New Year

Comment on Feb 14th 2010: Chinese New Year on Valentine’s Day by Jensen Liu

Jensen Liu — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:57:40 +0000

@HA Lee: According to http://site.baidu.com/list/wannianli.htm, V-day 2014 will also be 元宵节 (lantern festival).

Not that far away!

Comment on Feb 14th 2010: Chinese New Year on Valentine’s Day by HA Lee

HA Lee — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:05:45 +0000

I wonder when will Chinese New Year 15th day will coincide with Valentine’s day?

Comment on What to Eat for First Meal of Chinese New Year? by Zhu

Zhu — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:18:25 +0000

I always have jiaozi

Comment on Three Architectural Curiosities You Must Visit In Beijing by Zhu

Zhu — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:42:44 +0000

I was lucky to visit these three. The CCTV building is definitely an interesting find, less known than the Olympic buildings. I have been inside the Bird’s Nest but never the Watercube.

Comment on Top 10 Chinese Classical Music – Part I by Jingyu

Jingyu — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:19:11 +0000

Thanks for this great collection of classical Chinese Music!
I play the traditional instrument Pipa.

Check out my HQ-videos at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykW3hKwjtVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvNgl5Yq2U

Comment on Poll: What’s Holding You Back from Traveling to China? by Jensen Liu

Jensen Liu — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:44:35 +0000

@Zhu
lol, Zhu, thank you for your comments. It’s really helpful here to have a French Canadian’s personal experience.

You know quite a lot about China, and I love your humorous “excepts”. Chinese are somewhat like Italian as compared in this funny video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SDggGCciDg

Comment on Poll: What’s Holding You Back from Traveling to China? by Zhu

Zhu — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:30:15 +0000

I went to China quite a few times actually so I’m just waiting for another chance to go!

When it comes to the money factor, people have to remember that even though the flight may be expensive (depends where you are from), life in China is still quite cheap. These days, it’s even easier with new hostels opening all the time. When I first went to China in the 90s, there was no hostel and no “backpacker” place. We used to rent rooms at local universities during the summer. Other than that, it was business hotels Western style (much more expensive).

People have these crazy stereotypes about China. What I can say as a Westerner is, go with an open mind. Most Chinese are very friendly (expect when queuing ) and are not exactly “brainwashed” by the government. Politics is not a taboo and people are usually open-minded.

Keep in mind that China is super safe (except when crossing the streets!!!), that pollution won’t kill you (I mean, come on, there are some long terms issues but most countries are quite polluted). As for human rights… yes, the government should improve. That said, the USA still has death penatly, Saudi Arabia treats women like cattle, France doesn’t have a great record of treating foreigners right, quite a few countries around the world are guilty of imperialism… so sure, China is not perfect but don’t believe everything you see on TV.