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16 Sep 07
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Girl Bites Off Boyfriends Lip When Kissing Girls from Sichuan are known to be the most beautiful girls in China… But it seems that Wei has to endure a lot in order to get his girlfriend satisfied…
His girlfriend apparently got so excited last time they kissed that she accidentally bit... |
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05 Sep 07
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Street View for Beijing City Everybody on the net heard about the Street View feature of Google Maps. Well, it’s available in Beijing!!!
Well, not really…And I suppose it will still take a very loooong time before we get it from Google. But fortunately, there is an... |
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05 Sep 07
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And you thought Chinese people were hairless? Yu Zhenhuan, the hairiest man in China is currently bidding to run in next year’s Olympic torch relay.
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05 Sep 07
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Give owner or users a safe and comfortable of life surrounding Here is the notice I found in the elevator a few days ago. N O C O M M E N T . . .
Warm Point
Be directed against newspaper have recently reported a plague of rats. Our company for taking preventive measures put medicines into all kinds of... |
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19 Jul 07
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Visa application & extension process revision I received the following notification from the company for which I’m working.
In the meeting held by the Exit & Entry Administration Ministry of Beijing on July 12, 2007 afternoon, expats’ visa application process were revised as... |
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05 Jul 07
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Dreams and Nightmares ! The Beijing Actors Workshop will be performing live at the “Playground” with the theme of Dreams & Nightmares. We will have three captivating stories that will let you peer into the mind’s subterranean inner workings. Scary though it may be,... |
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03 Jul 07
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Bill Gates’ Sperm Is Second-want-most Sperm by Chinese Women! An interesting survey has been conducted by Self magazine… 1,000 Chinese women aged from 25 to 35 from 15 different cities answered the poll.
The list for Chinese women’s most wanted sperm is:
1. Andy Lau
2. Bill Gates
3. Takeshi... |
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02 Jul 07
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Accessing Flickr from China Since beginning of June, people in China cannot access Flickr, or more preceisely, can access Flick but cannot see the pictures.
I’m sure it has nothing to do with censorship. Who could imagine this? No, I’m sure it’s just some... |
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02 Jul 07
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No more ‘Golden Weeks’ starting 2009! Is the nightmare of the Golden Weeks in term of vacation, traffic, etc. going to finally end? It seems so with after what was said by the Dean of Beijing International Studies University’s tourism administration department, ZHANG Hui, said at a... |
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28 Jun 07
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Pillow fight in China var flashObject = new FlashObject("http://youtube.com/watch?v=7iWrk3TEGe8","fm_watch?v=7iWrk3TEGe8","365","300","6","","","","","");
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25 Jun 07
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Teleworking is slowly beginning to catch on in China More and more employees of big companies are allowed to telework part-time or even full-time in China. Here is a snapshot from China Daily.
IBM - Over 80% of 9,000 employees in China work flexibly. Tens of them work full-time at home.
Microsoft - All of... |
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17 Jun 07
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‘Les Diablotins’ in China for the Olympic Games ‘Les Diablotin’, the belgian junior football team drew against Holland and therefore will go to the semi-final of European Espoirs Championship. But more that this semi-final, they are also selected for the Olympic Games and will be in China... |
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31 May 07
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Facial Search on Google Google unofficially introduced a new feature in the Image Search Engine… the Facial Recognition!
Try this, go to the Google Image Search Engine and search for China. You will get maps of China, images of the Great Wall as well as some pictures with... |
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31 May 07
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Top 10 Rules for bargaining Here are the Top 10 Rules for bargaining in China I discovered in this morning’s edition of Beijing Weekend.
1. Dress down.
2. Feign fantastic disinterest.
3. Speak as much Chinese as you can.
4. When consulting with friends, use Pig Latin to speak... |
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30 May 07
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J’irai dormir chez vous! The concept of the TV Show ‘J’irai dormir chez vous’ (’I'll come sleep at your place’) by Antoine de Maximy is quite easy to understand. Here is the description made by Jenny Beaumont on her blog:
He travels around the world... |
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24 May 07
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Search Chinese Webpages directly in Chinese! With the new Search without boundaries Google features, you may search the Chinese language web in your own language!
For this, open the ‘Search Results’ of Google Translate. Now, let’s define that we want to search Simplified Chinese... |
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23 May 07
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Red Ball Summer Challenge 2007 The Red Ball Summer Challenge 2007 - Division 1 of Red Ball’s 5-a-side football leagues for amateur and corporate teams - just started last Monday and the Beijing Buffalos are in 3rd position!
Another good news from Red Ball Football Club: Business... |
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20 May 07
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Send an SMS, Get a Discount foneVillage is Beijing’s first mobile VIP Membership Community! So, how does it work?
You will first need to register. There is a free trial offer but I will concentrate on the normal way you register. You have to pay 200RMB to get 1200 foneVillage... |
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15 May 07
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Do Chinese territories have specific flags? A friend of mine asked me the interesting question: Do Chinese Provinces have specific flags?
Well, in a country as huge as China that only has one time zone instead of at least 4 or 5… You will not be that surprised to know that Chinese Provinces... |
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14 May 07
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Tennis Tournament organized by Couleurs de Chine Couleurs de Chine is organizing its fourth Tennis Tournament on Sunday May 20th at East Lake Villas from 8h30. You may register by going to GUSTAMENTA (in front of the French School) on Wednesday 16th (14h-16h), Thursday 17th (12h-14h), Friday 18th... |
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14 May 07
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Tian An Men Portrait of Mao defaced It has been reported that the portrait of Mao Zedong hanging above the gate of the Forbidden City has been defaced by a 35-year-old from Xinjiang province on Saturday afternoon. It left a slight burn mark in the lower left part of the portrait.
The... |
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13 May 07
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Panorama view on Chaoyang Park Some of you asked me for this since I moved in my new appartment back in February. Here is the view I have from my appartment when facing East! Click on the picture for a bigger image. |
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13 May 07
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World’s Highest Swing in Haerbin A swing has been set on a 700ft high viewing platform on the TV tower in Harbin city, Heilongjiang province. That tower is known to be the world’s second-highest steel tower, after the Kiev tower in Ukraine.
The name of the swing is “Game for... |
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12 May 07
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A Chinese version of Prison Break? According to China Daily (CRI), Wentworth Miller (alias Michael in Prison Break) has been invited to visit China in June by the Zhongbo Media Group. An official of Zhongbo said that Miller is coming to promote the Chinese version of Prison Break.
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11 May 07
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The Beijing Buffalos won the prestigious Strictly Amateur Cup! That’it! The Beijing Buffalos won their first tournament wathsoever! The prestigious Strictly Amateur Cup! I will try to get a picture of the Winner Cup to show you.
Our next challenge starts on the 21st of May with the Summer Challenge Cup. As you... |
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15 Apr 07
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French Reporter Eric Meyer on TouteLaChine.com Eric MEYER has been in China for 20 years. Last week, he answered the questions from TouteLaChine.com in an exclusive interview. The article is in French but you might try the Google Translation if you don’t speak French.
Reminder: Eric MEYER works... |
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14 Apr 07
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Beijing Buffalos leading the Tournament! Yeah! After 7 victories out of 8 matches, the Beijing Buffalos are in 1st position!
Also, a new team - Li Bo - is replacing Romania who never came. This means we are now 8 teams in the Tournament!
Standing
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Beijing... |
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14 Apr 07
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Le Theatre des Lanternes Some of you enjoyed last year performance from the Theatre des Lanternes, “Le Diner de Connes”. I’m glad to announce that the Theatre des Lanternes is now working on a new play, Theatre Without Animals, by Jean-Michel Ribes.
They will... |
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03 Apr 07
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Drinking alcohol: How much is healthy? Here are some advices from Beijing United Family Hospital about drinking habits and when too much is really too much…
For BJU, to enjoy alcohol without risking health, men should drink no more than four standard drinks each day; women should have no... |
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03 Apr 07
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Red Ball Amateur Cup - Results so far The Strictly Amateur Cup is going on and the Beijing Buffalos are doing great! Next Thrsday, we play against the HHH and the Mexico Team. We have to win both game to go back to first position, guys!
Another good news is that the RedBall Football Clube... |
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28 Mar 07
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One more Golden Pig! I just received the following Golden Pig from a colleague and wanted to share it with you!
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﹋ ﹋﹌╰( (_Q
﹋﹌﹋ 〆～〆〆
I’m not sure it will display properly on all browser. Try to copy-paste [...] |
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27 Mar 07
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Red Ball - The Strictly Amateur Cup After we lost the last Winter Challenge Tournament at Red Ball, we decided to register for the new Strictly Amateur Cup. No Big Price for this tournament but One free draught beer for all the players after the game!
The good news is that we are in second... |
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23 Mar 07
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Beijing Buffalos are starting a new tournament! After the last RED BALL ARENA WINTER CHALLENGE where they finished 6th of their group… :-S The Beijing Buffalos are back for the THE STRICTLY AMATEUR CUP with awesome uniforms! Click on the pictures for bigger size.
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19 Mar 07
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‘Tasty Restaurant’ for the Games in 2008 Beijing plan to provide a list of 300 ‘Tasty Restaurants’ to be recommended to foreign guests attending the Beijing Olympic Games. 148 are already in the list with amongst others Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (全聚德) and Moscow Restauran... |
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04 Mar 07
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China game commercial Here is a crazy commercial for a crazy game that seems to be distributed in China… |
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03 Mar 07
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Meanings out of Dots I’m leaving China for a ten days Business Trip in Europe. But I do not forget you who have to stay in Beijing where it’s raining all days long…
Imagine Galery in DaShanZi will start a new Exhibition on Cheng Yong’s work. Cheng... |
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02 Mar 07
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Back from Mongolia! Olivier, Jose and me are back from our expedition on the Huvsgul Lake in the North of Mongolia. Here are some pictures. I will upload more of them and provide a slideshow soon… |
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16 Feb 07
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Happy New Year of the Golden Pig!!! Here are some videos about the Chinese New Year 2007 for you to enjoy…
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Check here for more Chinese New Year Pig Smileys!
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13 Feb 07
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What happened when the Chinese Olympic Footbal Team met the QPR? Hehehe… Look at this video from the brawl that hapened between the Chinese Olympic Football Team and the Queens Park Rangers. It’s quite funny and reminds me some games we had at Red Ball Football Club. While we never really fought, this could... |
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13 Feb 07
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Temperature in Hatgal - Update Here is an update on the temperature in Hatgal, city just in the South of Hatgal where we are going… this Friday!!! Well, we are leaving Beijing this Friday and will most probably arrive at Hatgal on Monday 19…
As you can see, it’s... |
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13 Feb 07
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In GREATER China and nowhere else… Funny story from the other side of the Formosa Strait…
Chen (陳), a 38-year-old teacher from Tainan County, won his divorce from Lin (林), 29, also a teacher. The reason of the divorce was that the bride was to shy to consummate the marriageR... |
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11 Feb 07
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Danwei TV, the renovation of Nanluogu Xiang Hutong I recently saw on Danwei.Tv a documentary about the Nanluogu Xiang Hutong. I’m sure most of the foreigners in Beijing know where is that Hutong, just to refresh your memory, I will mention the most famous bar of this Hutong located East of Houhai:... |
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08 Feb 07
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How to import a second hand car in China I recently received a request from one of Today in China’s Readers about how to import a car from abroad while you are in Beijing. Since I use to drive a scooter around Beijing (much more convenient than a car…) I had no idea and my first... |
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06 Feb 07
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Red Ball Arena - Winter Challenge 2007 - Fourth week Fourth week of the tournament!
no comment… :-S
GROUP A - Standing
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AFC Khalil
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06 Feb 07
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Seasons, differences between West and East Emilie has a nice post about the Seasons in China and how it differs from Europe. As the post is written in French, here is a short summary in English.
In Western Countries, we consider that the seasons starts at the solstices and equinoxes while in Asia... |
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01 Feb 07
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Student renting a girlfriend for Chinese New Year A desperate Chinese Student from Beijing University decided to “rent” a girlfriend for 10 days in order to show her off to his parents during the Chinese New Year break.
He proposes 1,000 RMB (100 EUR) for “an honest, kind and... |
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01 Feb 07
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Interesting photos on China I discovered an interesting set of pictures from photographer Tom Carter. This guy is currently traveling extensively throughout all 33 Chinese provinces and autonomous regions.
Enjoy! |
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29 Jan 07
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Learning Chinese with Quizlets Are Quizlets the next evolution of Flashcards? On Quizlet.com you may start to learn vocabularies in a wide range of different languages; amongst them: Chinese.
While the Quizlets provided for for Chinese are still very limited, you might want to take a... |
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25 Jan 07
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Vacation time! This year, for the Chinese New Year, we plan to go to a place at least as paradisiac as boracay or Sipadan… maybe just a little bit colder!
Here are some pictures from that place!
And then, temperatures from the 10th of January till the 30th. It... |
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23 Jan 07
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In China and nowhere else… This story happened recently in Jinan (济南, Jǐnán), Shandong Province (山东, Shāndōng). Pan Aiying, teacher at Wutou Middle school got her bag stolen while riding her bicycle back home. Her bag contained her mobile phone, bank cards and 4,900 RMB... |
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