In a speech by Mr. Xi, China's next top-leader on waiting, to members of the overseas Chinese community in Mexico. Xi proudly reiterated that China has already made its biggest contribution to the world by feeding its own 1.3 billion population during the financial crisis, and warned that "there are a few foreigners, with full stomachs, have nothing better to do than try to be … [Read more...] about (Letter from Shane9219) “Just what else do you want?” Chinese Vice President, Xi JinPing, talking tough to foreigners
Archives for February 2009
Translation: Back to Lhasa (Part II)
[Editor's note: Previously we have translated Back to Lhasa (Part I) . The following are translations by Allen of journal entries 回到拉萨之六七八 Back to Lhasa (chapters 6-8)- originally posted on Jan 25, 2009] Return to Lhasa (6): Drinking with the sky burial masters North of Lhasa, in the Nyangri mountains, is a famed temple named "Pabongka." Located on a turtle shaped stone, the … [Read more...] about Translation: Back to Lhasa (Part II)
Celebrating Valentine's Day in China
The Chinese Valentine's Day is on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar. So this year's Chinese Valentine's Day is still a while yet. In the mean time - how does one celebrate the Western version of Valentine's Day in China? … [Read more...] about Celebrating Valentine's Day in China
Space, the inaccessible frontier, or: how I learned to stop worrying about alian invasions and love the rockets
Something remarkable happened yesterday at about 780 kilometers above Siberia. Love was in the air vacuum at first sight encounter between a U.S. satellite, Iridium 33, and a Russian one, Kosmos-2251. And they immediately multiplied and prospered into at least 600 and increasingly counting descendants set to enjoying high flying life styles for years and decades to come. … [Read more...] about Space, the inaccessible frontier, or: how I learned to stop worrying about alian invasions and love the rockets
Translation: Back to Lhasa (Part I)
[Editor's note: The following are translations by Charles Liu (Introduction and Chapters 1-4) and Allen (Chapter 5 and overall editing) of journal entries Back to Lhasa (回到拉萨 （未完待续，超长慎入）) - Part I (chapter 1-5) posted on Jan 18, 2009.] Preface The author of this journal, Zhen Fu, then a college student, traveled alone to Tibet for the first time in 2003. It would be a … [Read more...] about Translation: Back to Lhasa (Part I)