The Fast and the Freezing – Chaoyang Park, Beijing
Fun and games on the ice at Chaoyang Park in Beijing, including skating and toboggans on the frozen lakes.
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Malaysia Immigration Warning: No Hippies
Malaysia Immigration warning about hippies - time to repack
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Cleaning up Chinglish – China
There's a growing movement amongst Chinese university students to try and eradicate the widespread mistranslation of Chinese signs into English. This is rather a shame.
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798 Art District – Beijing, China
Also known as the Dashanzi Art District, 798 is a thriving artistic community set amongst a huge factory.
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New Year 2011 – 43 Languages, One Message
YouTube video showing people saying Happy New Year in 43 different languages
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Beijingle Bells – Christmas in Beijing, China
Christmas isn’t really celebrated in China - there are still decorations in the shop windows and the trees lining the major roads have been beautifully covered in lights, but there’s no great understanding of quite how important a holiday it is in the West.
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Darlie Toothpaste Advert – Christmas in China
Darlie toothpaste, which up until Colgate bought the brand from a Hong Kong company was known as Darkie toothpaste, featured a man who looked a lot more like Al Jolson from his Black & White Minstrel Act.
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Chinese for Kids? – Beijing, China
Whilst I'm persevering with learning Mandarin from Rosetta Stone and a Lonely Planet Phrasebook I went on-line to the Confucius Institute (the state sponsored Chinese School) to brush up on my tones.
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Air Quality – Beijing, China
The air quality in Beijing has been decreasing as the country becomes more industrialised.
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