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A relaxing day
... are in Beida."
Wow. No guards checking that footbridge, so if you knew the bridge was there, it'd be so easy to get in. I was amazed, but given how much like lemmings people can be, I was not overly shocked that more people didn't use it. At least Dajiu knows how to avoid blinders in life in China; I'm still adjusting.
We talked for a very, very long time, just the two of us. I got to tell him how grateful I was that he helped me ...
A (Week) Day in the Life
... Beijing accented English. I shoot him a grin.
9:09am: The train arrives at the East Gate of Peking University, and I disembark. I exit the underground metro station and pass through the gate between two security guards. I used to show them my student card, but they've since learned my face and allow me through without trouble. I head for the gym on campus.
9:14am: I arrive at the gym, a huge, newly built structure (made for the Olympics in ...
The First Few Days in Beijing!
... papers. On this day, all the students had to take a written placement test in order to know which level Chinese class they would be taking. This took them about an hour or so. While the kids were taking the test, Miaomiao pulled Chris and I aside to tell us what our duties would be as interns for the next month. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Updating the China Institute blog on what is happening each ...
Getting bigger every day.
... and the other sights. The number of Chinese now visiting their capital is vast.
One of the highlights of my visit here was to go and see the Sheraton Great Wall Hotel where I stayed for a few weeks back in March/April 1986. Back then it stood alone surrounded by shanty houses as far as the eye could see. Now it is surrounded by new tall office buildings and hotels. I made a video back ...
Hutongs, Hooters and Hoikers
... Experience", and dredlocked travel hippies who seem as at home here as the locals. The shop keepers on Dazhalan are generally pretty easygoing but nevertheless, you are continually being urged to "rent bicycle" or "buy Obama T-shirt". You learn to either ignore it or say "bu shi," which I think means "no".
After a week residing in the Hutong we begin to feel at home. Despite there being maybe 50,000 people living within one square kilometre of tightly packed ...
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