Tag Archives: china life

Lin Yutang – My Country And My People

Posted on 20/02/2012 by haonowshaokao

My attempt to educate myself in Chinese culture via its literature is proceeding very slowly indeed. The next one on the pile, ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’, is bigger than ‘War & Peace’ and probably nowhere near as readable. All … Continue reading →

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Innovative solution to Beijing’s air pollution

Posted on 16/02/2012 by haonowshaokao

My office is in a huge upmarket shopping centre in Beijing’s ‘Central Business District’. Downstairs the shops are Gucci, Prada, Louis Vutton, etc. It’s not easy to find a reasonably priced lunch. This is all new, of course. Behind the … Continue reading →

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City Weekend and the 21st Century Colonialist (Updated)

Posted on 30/01/2012 by haonowshaokao

In June last year, while flicking through Google reader, I came across this post on incidence of tuberculosis in Beijing. Something about it seemed a little off, see if you can spot it: Luckily for the average expat, exposure to … Continue reading →

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Categorisation of baked goods (and pancakes) in English and Chinese

Posted on 24/01/2012 by haonowshaokao

British English American English Mandarin Chinese

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CCTV New Year’s Gala Liveblog

Posted on 22/01/2012 by haonowshaokao

Every Chinese New Year Eve I end up sitting on the sofa watching the (fairly incomprehensible) CCTV New Year Gala while The Family play majiang and talk in their (completely incomprehensible) Hubei dialect. This year is we’ve been joined by the … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas To All* Our Readers

Posted on 25/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

To celebrate my 5th (!) Christmas in China I’ve written a short article about, um,  “Christmas in China” for my sister Katie’s new magazine. You can read it here – http://www.cassiopeiamagazine.co.uk/ 圣诞快乐! *Possibly should read ‘both’

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Week: Conclusions

Posted on 06/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

So, after a week of painfully detailed blogging, what have I learned? 1. Yes, my daily life isn’t that interesting. 2. And Christ, I chose the dullest week of all to do it. 3. Nobody was that interested in reading … Continue reading →

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Sunday

Posted on 05/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

V’s been reading my old blogs from my days in Prague and asked me why I don’t write about my life any more. I said that it wasn’t that interesting, and that as I bored myself writing about it, I … Continue reading →

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Saturday

Posted on 04/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

V’s been reading my old blogs from my days in Prague and asked me why I don’t write about my life any more. I said that it wasn’t that interesting, and that as I bored myself writing about it, I … Continue reading →

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Friday

Posted on 03/12/2011 by haonowshaokao

V’s been reading my old blogs from my days in Prague and asked me why I don’t write about my life any more. I said that it wasn’t that interesting, and that as I bored myself writing about it, I … Continue reading →

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