Posted in China General on Jul 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
In Japan, I became used to the heated toilet seats, complete with a bidet, fountain wash, and dryer. At times it worked very well, although it kind of depends on your mood, and how much of a hurry you are in. :) It’s not really surprising that this kind of toilet has crossed […]
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Posted in China General on Jul 6th, 2007 No Comments »
This picture really is worth a thousand words. Tibet is beautiful, and yet you always have this feeling…
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Posted in China General on Jul 6th, 2007 No Comments »
The title may be a little unfair, because not all buses in China are kept completely full with migrant workers. But many are. I bargained for a sleeping seat right in the middle, and had no idea the aisles would soon be irelevant. Here’s me taking a picture of my relatively comfy […]
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Posted in China General on Jul 6th, 2007 No Comments »
For the last few weeks, I have been reviewing a new service called echineselearning.com. This site offers Chinese lessons in a monthly subscription format–for $100.00, you can participate in daily hour-long classes. Lessons are given one-on-one with a native Chinese teacher via Skype. For those Chinese students that aren’t in China, it’s […]
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Posted in China General on Apr 29th, 2007 No Comments »
I found the below article in Qihoo. It is interesting that although the blogger notes China’s domestic movie industry is completely backward, he still feels that protecting “ethnic culture” requires limiting imports on movies and DVDs. So its OK to have pirated DVDs influencing the population, but not legitimite ones?
Feng Xiaogang Has Also […]
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