Tag: China
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China building islands in the South China Sea
BBC News has a very interesting story about the ongoing territory disputes China and its neighbors are involved in. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes travels to the disputed area on a Filipino fishing boat to ge…
Entertaining moments
- Stray fluffy cats bounding through the snow in park surounding the Temple of Heaven - A "Star-Rated Toilet" - The giant bag of mandarin oranges I was given for my 10 yuan bill (about $1.40). - Reali…
Juyong pass
Weather, roads, and miscommunication seemed to conspire against us visiting any section of the great walls. The morning before our flight to Korea we finally managed to visit Juyong pass. The wall at …
Snowed in
All the roads to different great walls were closed again today. It is clear they aren't equipped to handle this level of snow and cold - every bit of snow we have seen removed has been completely by h…
Windy, snowy Beijing
It was clear, sunny, and brutal with the wind chill. The snow yesterday meant blocked roads today, and no trip to the wall. The snowfall yesterday was the most Beijing had seen in 60 years. After a br…
Wandering in the snow
It was a snowy day in Beijing. The markets and streets were still busy. We hit up the antiques area and ran unto some tough bargainers. Then it was on to the Temple of Heaven for a walk around. The pa…
Beijing
We fought off the urge to sleep and continued our very long day exploring our new hood and eating ducks in Beijing. Lots of bling. Today we are braving the snow to wander around town. It is nice to se…
I just bought a billboard in China
Maybe I'll see it in a couple weeks... Learn more here: SharkSavers.org And here: WildAid.org
China flexing
This is hardly surprising: Two Chinese officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning, for the first time, that Beijing may use its $1,330bn (£658bn) of forei…
New Qinghai-Tibet railway
Following the meme of my previous post, we can probably add another spot to the 'dramatically changed by tourism' list. New Qinghai-Tibet railway : "Traveling overland through snow-capped mountains an…