Premier Wen Jiabao raced around the country to do his man-of-the-people routine in response to the blizzards that preceeded Spring Festival. He announced that the great tragedy of the blizzard was “some mandarins (oranges) died and trees were toppled.” This according to China Daily.
It’s really sad that some trees died, but what about the [...]
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This year I’m spending Spring Festival in Ningbo (about three hours from Shanghai). I was a bit concerned that I was going to get stuck in those horrible toasting dinners where everyone is forced to drink baijiu (grain alcohol), but fortunately, most people here seem to prefer red wine. There are still a lot of toasts, [...]
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The Year of the Rat is here, and that can only mean one thing: two weeks af constant firecrackers crackling outside my window. China once banned fireworks in the big cities, but now they are back with a venegence. Kids fire them off, and so do adults. It’s a constant barrage.
Outside of stadiums people set [...]
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