January 2012
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Jan 23rd
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Gong Xi Fa Cai, Everyone! →
Cool little web video from The Times. (And incidentally, I just learned that it’s not “Gung hey fat choy,” not in Mandarin, anyway. That’s Cantonese. Strange that that’s the version they taught us in elementary school, given that most Asian-Americans’ families don’t come from Hong Kong or Guangdong.)
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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Taiwan Election Stirs Hopes Among Chinese for... →
“This is an amazing idea, to be able to choose the people who represent you,” said the man, who asked to remain nameless so he could speak without restraint. “I think democracy will come to China. It’s only a matter of time.”
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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WatchWatch
The aforementioned opening-ceremonies welcome-show of some sort. A good example of something I’ve learned ex-pats would call “very Chinese.”
Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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WatchWatch
I was walking down Zhongyang Jie (“Central Street”), Harbin’s famous pedestrian-only thoroughfare, when this happened. (Forgive the shoddy camerawork. I’m new at the whole “moving pictures” thing.)
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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