Tag Archives: china life

Shanzhai article in Cassiopeia

Posted on 20/11/2012 by haonowshaokao

I’m busy this month doing NaNoWriMo, which on top of work, baby, Christmas holiday preparations, etc, has left me very little time to sleep, let alone write anything non-novelly, but just in time to prevent this November being a NoBlogMer* … Continue reading →

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This is China Daily’s special coverage of the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands dispute

Posted on 16/09/2012 by haonowshaokao

You would think they could at least maintain the charade of pretending to be balanced and having some shred of journalistic distance, but no – straight out cultural-revolution-style incitement seems to be the plan today. Yes, everyone knows it’s a … Continue reading →

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Capital and melon questions

Posted on 14/09/2012 by haonowshaokao

NB – Before anyone says anything, I’m perfectly aware that it’s ‘winter’ not ‘east’

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Life update

Posted on 12/09/2012 by haonowshaokao

It’s Autumn in Beijing now. Proper two-week-summer-winter-fluctuations-Autumn that is. Official Autumn began at the peak of the summer on August 7th, for reasons best skipped here. It was a proper, scorching hot summer with the occasional storm, but poor V … Continue reading →

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China, Translated

Posted on 23/08/2012 by haonowshaokao

Not an accurate translation in many cases – for example “Cloud South” is just an abbreviation of “South of the Cloud Ridge Mountains” – but these are the names of China’s provinces (and autonomous regions, municipalities, special administrative regions, and, … Continue reading →

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Rain. Lots of it.

Posted on 03/08/2012 by haonowshaokao

For most of July I didn’t have a VPN set up, and couldn’t post anything. At the start this wasn’t an issue as, to be fair, I hadn’t been writing much anyway (apart from the regularly scheduled Pulp blogging of … Continue reading →

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Mushroom cloud over Tongzhou

Posted on 06/07/2012 by haonowshaokao

Last week I was on my way back from the centre when I saw a mushroom-shaped cloud in the sky. It wasn’t clear whether or not this was an actual nuclear holocaust, but either way it seemed to be worth … Continue reading →

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Categorisation of cooking methods in English and Chinese

Posted on 02/07/2012 by haonowshaokao

British English American English Chinese

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China Links

Posted on 25/05/2012 by haonowshaokao

It’s been a couple of weeks since we got back from England, and I still haven’t really had the chance to sit down and write anything. Work’s been very busy, home life is currently baby-dominated, and we’ve all had an … Continue reading →

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Beijing Places – Agricultural Exhibition Centre

Posted on 30/03/2012 by haonowshaokao

It was one of those odd names you hear on the subway. “Military Museum.” “Beijing Workers’ Gymnasium.” “Agricultural Exhibition Centre.” Hangovers from the seventies and eighties, just hearing these places mentioned reminds you that, for all the skyscrapers and flaunting … Continue reading →

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