On this page the following entries were made in the “December, 2008” time-frame.
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Time to “Chai” SOHO
The SOHO complexes around Beijing have always been one of the things I hate about this city most. Gray, modern and ugly, the sprawling developments are a blight on the city’s skyline. Everything about them screams “mistake.” How bad are they? Try finding the right building in Jianwai SOHO. Is it building 16 or 9 [...]
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Spring Festival IS Like Christmas!!
There is a tendency for people to try to bridge the culture difference between the West and China by calling things “the Chinese X.” Like, people can’t just say “he’s one of China’s great writer.” Instead, the preferred way of explaining this notion is, “He’s the Chinese Shakespeare.” Of course, I assume that they mean [...]
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