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Food: From Farm to Table
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Another interesting phenomena I've learned about is the number of small farms located inside city limits, including Beijing. I've learned that farmers within greater Beijing actually provide up to 70% of the city's vegetables and milk. The many farms in suburban Beijing ensure that I always find tons of incredibly fresh produce in every market. Can you imagine the same to be true for any American city outside the sunbelt? ...
Weintraubs meet Buddha
... We saw pagodas. We saw shrines. We saw temples. Some huge and some tiny, some perfect and others in need of TLC. The disparity of their condition was further evidence that they are indeed entirely separate entities, with varying resources and levels of support. We saw many monks who were kind enough to allow us into their environment. All the mountains are covered with dense forest and had the feeling that ...
Cocktails und andere Herausforderungen
... 8222;Special Drinks“ fündig: eine „Liebesgeschichte“爱& #24773;故事, so der ominöse Titel des Getränks, sollte es sein (war das einzige, was ich aussprechen konnte). Bediene hat mich ganz entgeistert angeschaut, was denn die doofe Ausländerin jetzt schon wieder will: Ne Liebesgeschichte???? Hier??? In der Kneipe? Unfassbar!!! Getränkekarte hervorgeholt, Missverständnis beseitigt, Bediene zog erleichert ab (man sollte hier vllt ...
Final Days in China
... political scene. We had dinner with Bing again and Yuan Zhao, an associate in Baker & Daniel's Beijing Office. This was a very modern restaurant (décor-wise) which served traditional Chinese dishes (as far as I could tell). KC and I toured Prince Gong's Palace. It is in a very pretty area of Beijing near Houhai Lake (which one map called the Interior Sea). Prince Gong lived well. The Palace features nice rock gardens with well-groomed trees and several ponds and ...
Leaving Anshan
My last week in Anshan was pretty amazing. Classes went well and we were taken to some very nice dinners. One night we ate at a Korean restaurant where the waitresses are all Korean college graduates who also sang and played instruments for us. (I was later told that one or more of them undoubtedly are Korean spies-seriously.) One night a very senior VP for Anshan Steel, Mr. Fu, took KC and I to dinner with his son (who we hope ...