|
Learning Chinese |
|
Categories
Around Hangzhou (3)
Bio (1) Gansu (4) Hangzhou (5) Not in China (1) Read about China (8) Shaanxi (2) Sichuan (1) Teaching (4) Tibet (4) Xinjiang (5)
Recent Entries
* "Little Tibet of China"
* Rick's 250-mile bike ride * Lanzhou to Xiahe * Shanghai * A quick trip to Ningbo * An insight from a student * 'AIDS pickpockets' * June 4, 1989 * Clean air?!?
Archives
|
June 28, 2004"Little Tibet of China"As my final bus ride on the seeminly endless route to Xiahe wheezed it's way over the last hill up to Xiahe, I noticed a billboard in (bad) English that pronounced Xiahe the "little Tibet of China." I have...Read this update Rick's 250-mile bike rideHere's a recent email Rick wrote about his trip from Lanzhou to Xiahe via bicycle. Definitely a different experience than mine...chugging across the landscape in a beat up minibus. Day before yesterday I completed my 250-mile bicycle journey across Gansu...Read this update June 26, 2004Lanzhou to XiaheIt's been so long since I've updated this or even emailed anybody that it's going to be difficult for me to encapsulate our adventure, traveling from Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu, to Xiahe, home of the Labrang Monastery. But...Read this update June 16, 2004ShanghaiRick finally arrived in China. I picked him up Sunday night and we spent Monday morning and afternoon wandering around Shanghai. Early Monday morning we wandered around Nanjing Lu, Shanghai's pedestrian street -- a true consumer paradise. While Rick...Read this update A quick trip to NingboAfter the last week of classes I somehow got sucked into a school trip to Ningbo with Chen Ying (my "boss") and Joan. I signed up at first because I thought we might get the royal treatment -- a...Read this update June 11, 2004An insight from a studentFor the millionth time here in China, I have run into yet another idea that those of us from the Western world take for granted: the idea of the genius. I know I like to think that if a person...Read this update June 07, 2004'AIDS pickpockets'China has coined a new phrase for a new brand of criminal, the infamous 'AIDS pickpockets.' Some months ago, students of mine told me about an incident here in lovely Hangzhou where a group of petty thieves were rounded up...Read this update June 04, 2004June 4, 1989For those interested in reading about Tiananmen and the anniversary, here are some articles I found interesting in the world (mainly U.S.) press today: Tiananmen memory still haunts demonstrators still in China, Washington Post An icon, then he's gone, Los...Read this update June 03, 2004Clean air?!?I was amazed when I walked out the door last night and saw this beautiful sky. Scenes like this are so rare that I had to run outside and take a picture. But, sure enough, this morning while giving...Read this update |
Latest Comments
|