Jenny and Amanda arrived in Beijing yesterday and their jet-lagged selves are zonked out on the living room floor right now. It’s been a longer-than-usual absence, but here are finally some pictures from Guilin.
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Anna to Chinese woman: “So, what does dog taste like? Is it similar to chicken?” Chinese woman: “It tastes like cat.” More pictures to come…
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I’ll be spending the next week or so vacationing and relaxing in Guangxi Province with a couple girlfriends. We’re looking forward to the beautiful scenery and just getting away for a bit. My Chinese friend Mary teased me this week because I’ve been in China for three years and have never made the pilgrimage to [...]
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Yesterday (4/21) was a national day of mourning to remember the 2000+ people who died in the Qinghai earthquake on April 14th. In addition to flags flown at half mast, newspapers and online sites honored the victims by going black. Entertainment, video, and music websites stopped offering their content for 24 hours and featured black [...]
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Easter is over, but we’re already looking forward to next spring! We really could use some more plastic Easter eggs for next Easter. If you see any, would you consider buying them and donating them to us? Let me know and I’ll give you the drop-off places or mailing addresses in the States. My Mom [...]
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We hear a lot of rumors, and rumors of rumors, about China in the US. Some of them are true, some of them are half-truths, and some of them aren’t valid at all. China does have a one-child policy, although how it’s painted in the West may not always be how every city and cadre [...]
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I am my mother’s daughter. I’m preparing to leave tomorrow for Sichuan, a province in south central China, so what do I do? Clean the house, of course! My Mom always made us clean the house and make our beds before we left on vacation when I was a kid. I hated it then, but [...]
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