Blogs about: Shanxi
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Author Released After 29 Days Detention for His Book About Dam Migration
Reporters Without Borders, Sep. 20, 2010 - Reporters Without Borders hails investigative journalist Xie Chaoping’s release on bail in Weinan (in Shaanxi province) on 17 September for lack of evidence.… more →
Status of Chinese People
Prime Minister Chen's Mansion
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Haihui Temple, Shanxi
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Respect
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wrote 1 month ago: The first thing any socially skilled Chinese person does upon entering a room is to appraise all the … more →
The Chinese Naughty Step
wrote 1 month ago: This little info plaque was on a blank wall, with no doors nearby. The closest thing to a room was t … more →
When animals attack - sort of
wrote 1 month ago: Click to enlarge – REUTERS/China Daily Staff take part in a preventive exercise against animal … more →
How is the Air Quality Index (AQI) calculated?
wrote 1 month ago: A photo I took on January 13, 2013, in Beijing, during record smog. That lil fella pokin’ thro … more →
Trains
wrote 1 month ago: Shanxi trains are filthy. An odor cocktail of fresh cigarettes, layered on the stagnant stench of s … more →
Hotel Review: Datong's Holiday Inn
wrote 1 month ago: A lot of intrepid travelers, the sort who bristle at being lumped in with mere tourists, would never … more →
Travel Theme: Pale
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wrote 1 month ago: Exquisite carvings in the Yangun Caves from the North Wei dynasty (5th century A.D.) in Northern Chi … more →
Real-life corpse brides
wrote 1 month ago: Some weddings are a little unconventional but these weddings are a little morbid. The strange tradit … more →
TAKIN' A SH DETOUR!!... For All SH Readers... All Others You Know What To Do!!
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wrote 1 month ago: It’s time for a REALITY break! Enough of the moronic Housewives for a few seconds, minutes … more →
The Information College
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wrote 1 month ago: A current trend in China is for public universities to have private universities associated with the … more →
A House For All Seasons
wrote 1 month ago: Award winning architect and architecture professor John Lin, used the mud-brick vernacular tradition … more →
two's company
wrote 2 months ago: More of the Buddhist carvings at the Yungang Grottoes, near Datong, Shanxi Province. … more →
big is beautiful
wrote 2 months ago: One of the massive statues/carvings at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi Province. Just too b … more →
Yungang Grottoes
wrote 2 months ago: Big man, small ladies. Me and my mum at the Yungang Grottoes, near Datong, Shanxi … more →
hotel, motel, HOLIDAY INN
wrote 2 months ago: Just so nice after too many drafty hostels … more →
Datong 大同
wrote 2 months ago: So we left the old world behind in Pingyao and headed for Datong. We’d been unable to find a h … more →
