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China According to the Chinese

Micah posts two hilarious maps of China (Chinese required): China according to the Beijingers China according to the Shanghainese Sorry, I’m a bit too busy lately to translate this, but it’s quite revealing culturally, so if you’re a... ...full story at Sinosplice

from Sinosplice on Wed, May 07 2008

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06 Jun 08 visit Do Chinese people love China?  »  YouTube videoRecently many Chinese have been busy smoking, spitting, peeing and hacking up loogies while wearing an "I love China" t-shirt (which isn't written in Chinese). They also leave the country in droves for places like Canada and New Zealand, and require even...
05 Sep 07 visit How Much Does A Dog Cost in China  »  China Snippets Honestly, I wouldn’t know as we don’t keep a dog and also don’t intend to do so as space is limited in Shanghainese apartments and the last thing I’ll ever consider is getting a dog smaller than a rat. So, no, no dog for me. But...
10 Mar 07 visit China: People’s Conferences  »  Global Voices If you’ve been following the glorious progress being made in this year’s rounds of the parliamentary-ish National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, where members of China’s...
25 Jan 09 visit Happy Niu Year To All  »  Humanaught Well, once again it is Chinese New Year’s Eve (this’ll be my forth - and I’ve still yet to find a good pair of earplugs). We should be celebrating tonight with some newcommers to China, and that’s always fun. Maggie’s...
15 Mar 10 visit “Xiaozi” - I know quite a few  »  Peking Duck Great post on a phrase I hadn’t heard before. And let me take this opportunity to offer a few links to China-related blog posts I’m enjoying: Mark’s China Blog on Peter Hessler. Xujun’s excellent review of China 2013. Custer on...
31 Aug 09 visit Today's Links: Interracial couplings, torn down Texas BBQs, and Kunming kids lead poisoned  »  Shanghaiist On the Rarity of Foreign Women and Chinese Boyfriends/Chinese Husbands [Speaking of China] "When I’m in China, I tend to turn a lot of heads, especially in the countryside — and that’s not just because I’m a foreigner. It’s...

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