16 Dec 09

Educational guidelines for Chinese traveling abroad

I hope you are a Chinese person when you read this article. When you intend to go abroad, it might be a very difficult task to behave appropriate in a country far away from China. Therefore, I will try to give you a basic list on how to behave abroad. This list however might not [...]

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09 Dec 09

5.5 years

Just realized that I am 5.5 years on the road. Each trip and each period has its own difficulties and each its own moments. Traveling around the world is a great experience and gives you joy and bad moments. I’m the first one to advice anybody to go on a hike or a trip and [...]

03 Dec 09

Chengguan Youth

The next generation Chinese, the youth brigades of China : Chengguan Youth

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30 Nov 09

Injustice Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan

There are quite a few problems in this world. When I read the newspapers, 3 countries perform a continuous rehearsal : Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan related to terrorist attacks, Somalia related to pirate-issues and Afghanistan related to Al Qaeda.
I have my doubts about how international relations are trying to solve the ongoing issues, so [...]

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25 Nov 09

Image China Government prior to baby-lives

I had to write about this topic, but at the same time I have mixed feelings about the whole subject. I’ll try to be objective when writing about how the Chinese government considers its image more important compared to the lives of babies.
In the articles related to the milk scandal in China, you will read [...]

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15 Nov 09

Chinese and numbers

The Chinese have a funny thing with numbers. Hu Jintao is called No. 1. Phones and carplates should have No.8 or No.6 in it, as Chinese believe it brings more luck into their lives. Chinese pay a little extra for phonenumbers and carplates with these numbers 6 or 8 in it. When you buy [...]

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15 Nov 09

hypocrisy China – by a chinese dog

Before giving my reply, i will give you the article :

Source: chinese dog
We hear that Tibetans suffer “demographic aggression” and “cultural genocide”. But we do not hear those terms applied to Spanish and French policies toward the Basque minority. We do not hear those terms applied to the US annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii [...]

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15 Nov 09

I would love to

I would love to do something about those sad things in the world. All I can do is blog about the sad things that surround us. However, if you have a spare budget, I’d go for it and change the world. If only I had the cooperation of a multi-national. You need my bank-account so [...]

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14 Nov 09

Please give me discount

u Jintao presented a ppt with a brand new idea : “Protectionism will not help any country move out of the crisis. It can only pose a threat to the fragile momentum of economic recovery”, he said according to China Daily.
An economy that is driven by consumption, investment and export is what China aims for. [...]

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13 Nov 09

Nice photos

We have flickr.com where you can publish your pictures. It’s quite famous and it’s worth taking a look.
Lately, I ran into an even nicer photo website : deviantart.com. It doesn’t seem as if you can sell your pictures, but they have some nice photos, and many people use the site to publish photo’s.
And of course, [...]

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11 Nov 09

study Chinese

These days there are reasons plenty to study Chinese. Take for example the number of Chinese persons in this world : 1.3 billion people. That’s a lot! And about 1 in 5 persons speaks Chinese. Did you know that ?
More and more people decide to study Chinese ; schools that offer Chinese take part in [...]

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08 Nov 09

small pizza, big version

Sometimes I order a small sized pizza in the hotel, but this time my gf was there, so we ordered a big sized pizza. However, roomservice brought a small sized pizza. Assuming that the cook made a mistake, we called roomservice again.
The hotel replied : “Big and small sized pizza’s have the same size. The [...]

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07 Nov 09

Pyjama China – part 2

In addition to my previous article Pyjama China, I found a nice article on another china blog : Shanghai Government requests Residents to not wear Pajamas in public
“Not going outside wearing pajamas”. This is Shanghai city government’s request for the residents of the city prior to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. However this provoked widespread [...]

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06 Nov 09

No freedom in China

Nice article : No freedom in China

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06 Nov 09

world bans chinese products and China bans what ?!

Toxic toys, poisonous noodles and milk, poisonous chickens and diet pills, unhealthy chinese drywall, etc. The list of toxic products and poisonous food, produced in China is endless! Many countries ban products from China.
Here is what China does for its people :
The chinese government tries to keep up with all the cheaters in its population [...]

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06 Nov 09

banned chinese chickens

Chinese don’t care about people, but chinese do care about one thing : money. Chinese have no limits nor standards, ethics or norms when it comes to making money.
Related articles :
- China without money
- Modern Chinese Age
- Social Revolution China
I remember that the US banned chinese chickens and the US government did not allow import [...]

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06 Nov 09

Chinese toys banned

Chinese don’t care about people, but chinese do care about one thing : money. Chinese have no limits nor standards, ethics or norms when it comes to making money.
Related articles :
- China without money
- Modern Chinese Age
- Social Revolution China
Another recent article from MSNBC :
WASHINGTON – Mattel announced recalls Tuesday for 9 million [...]

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06 Nov 09

Milk China banned

Chinese don’t care about people, but chinese do care about one thing : money. Chinese have no limits nor standards, ethics or norms when it comes to making money.
Related articles :
- China without money
- Modern Chinese Age
- Social Revolution China
Another recent article from Reuters :
Four infants have died in China after being fed [...]

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06 Nov 09

Chinese diet pills banned by Ireland

Chinese don’t care about people, but chinese do care about one thing : money. Chinese have no limits nor standards, ethics or norms when it comes to making money.
Related articles :
- China without money
- Modern Chinese Age
- Social Revolution China
Another recent article from Daily Herald :
Chinese diet pills, available on the Irish market, [...]

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06 Nov 09

Chinese noodles banned

Chinese don’t care about people, but chinese do care about one thing : money. Chinese have no limits nor standards, ethics or norms when it comes to making money.
Related articles :
- China without money
- Modern Chinese Age
- Social Revolution China
Another recent article from Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority :
The Czech Agriculture and [...]

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