BBC: A committee official said the simple chants and gestures were designed to help spectators cheer for their favourite athletes in a smooth, civilized manner.
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Li Ning, president of the Beijing Etiquette Institute, told the Beijing News that the cheer was in line with general international principles for cheering, while at the same time possessing characteristics [...]
Via BoingBoing, my all time favourite blog. LA Times on guerrilla gardeners.
As I’ve posted before, it’s note worthy that I’ve seen this on many occasions in sprawling Suzhou where growth in the industry parks seem to be swallowing up farmland by he second. Not to mention these are times of record inflation and skyrocketing food [...]
Yesterday’s earthquake, which hit China’s most populated province, Sichuan was felt in Suzhou, Shanghai and as far away as Beijing. I, like the Humanaught, didn’t feel a thing from my concrete palace, besides it’s not unusual for large cracks to suddenly appear on my ceiling and walls, comes with the territory.
Some did feel it here [...]
It’s often said that where you “grew up” in China is where your heart is. It for this reason I miss Yantai near Qingdao in the Shandong province. My first stop in China, it was in the “small” seaside tourist city that I got my first whiff of hot, musty Chinese air.
I can remember [...]
I’m not feeling that creative today, but This via Pandapassport gave me a good laugh today.
Thanks MSN for your insightful poll gauging support for the 2008 Olympics.
Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games, do you support?
Strong Support, Support or Don’t Know.
The suspense is killing me…
And predictably…
