Archive for 'Culture'
The Mother of All Tests Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 19, 2008
Things that China lacks: oil, a decent network of highways, a quality control system for food and drugs, clean air in its cities. One thing that China absolutely does not lack: people. Everywhere you go in China, with the exception of some of the more sparsely populated Western provinces, you can’t help but feel surrounded…
Flying Pigeons Forever Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 3, 2008
More than any other city in any other country on earth, Beijing is a bicycle town. It is home to more than 10 million bikes and is accommodating to its bikers. Every road has a wide, sometimes very wide, bicycle lane on each side, and Beijingers make sure that the space is used. At all…
The Pace of China Posted by Transparent Language on May 8, 2008
Life in China is much as it is everywhere else in the world, but with a few subtle differences. Just as a proud culture of dog walkers exists in the West, China has its bird walkers. Old men out for a stroll carry with them their caged birds and congregate in the parks to listen…