tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241992072011-11-28T08:33:00.900+08:00Meng Zihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302283825665182078noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-17399766832696826902007-02-21T13:52:00.000+08:002007-02-21T14:38:24.830+08:00

Red underwear be gone!!! The year of the pig is upon as, my year is now dog-gone. Chinese New Years celebration started up this past Saturday and brought with it four of the more insane days I have ever taken part in on this fair planet.For those of you who have never been to China during their New Years, the only thing I can compare it to is Beirut circa 1982. If you missed out on that as well,

Meng Zihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302283825665182078noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-23625207679625649872007-02-09T18:52:00.000+08:002007-02-05T03:04:07.086+08:00

but I realized that my pits smell like the tap water I grew up with for my first 19 years in the burg.

Meng Zihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302283825665182078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-43386524190933299932007-01-11T03:41:00.001+08:002007-01-11T13:28:28.654+08:00

Utopia, as I define it, is no place. Most people should. I love idealism. I realize the beauty of it. I want it, and in those moments in time when I feel good, too good actually, I agree and say those ideas. The idea that no person should kill another and that pacifism rules the day is a thought that makes me do business in my pants. Its an idea that we can make the world a better place.

Meng Zihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302283825665182078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-48183203156465421402006-12-28T09:31:00.000+08:002008-12-10T11:17:46.876+08:00

Merry Christmas belated to you all, we are currently enjoying ourselves in Beijing for these lovely Christian holidays. I wonder if the origins of that word come from holy days. If anyone has an answer to that, much appreciated. We've been doing a lot of eating, we bought some things for our expansive apartment, Meng Zi lost his cell phone and China telecom is proving the idiocy of its

Tong Wohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085464508222106005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-14892781835352920432006-12-22T01:41:00.000+08:002006-12-22T01:44:28.996+08:00

"I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the skies from me."So I have this idea: I take a day, I slice it up like an onion. Take that sliced up day, beer batter it, deep fry it, and then at the end of it all, just enjoy it.

Tong Wohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03085464508222106005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-58597666630030929272006-12-16T12:20:00.000+08:002006-12-17T19:45:02.827+08:00

has been brought to you by the band Bloc Party and a hoppin' little ditty called 'Banquet'.It makes me want to wakeboard. What does it do for you? Frequent GreatBlog contributor Clomer was nice enough to find the a link to the song. Check it out here and let me know...

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When it boils down to it I'm just a country guy. Sure, I indulge in the glitz and glamour cities have to offer, sometimes to excess, but I much prefer a take it easy mentality. A place where life occurs at a pace you don't even have to take a moment to process why it came about because it took so long to unravel. And while I love the 'Big Dumpling' (Beijing), I yearn for the days as one of the

Meng Zihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302283825665182078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-7259796547136189272006-12-12T11:11:00.000+08:002006-12-17T20:02:08.713+08:00

Blocked, unblocked, blocked, unblocked. This is one of the problems you deal with living in China, as websites are commonly firewalled/blocked by the govt. While I don't use www.wikipedia.com too often, since it does come up almost first/second/third on EVERY google search, it is probably one of the most famous examples of this and is a constant pain in many an ex-pats arse as changes in its

Meng Zihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302283825665182078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-80842356414233376132006-12-11T02:52:00.000+08:002008-12-10T11:17:47.071+08:00

Ok, so I haven't been keeping up with my transporation back to Week 1 in China like I promised, but at least I've got this Dumpling animation courtesy of yesterday's lunch for you.

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I have been in China for over a year now and sometimes forget just how ridiculous/nonsensical life in the PRC can be, which is why I love houseguests. Right now, my roomies visitor, Nickers, fresh in from the good ‘ole US of A has transported the whole apartment back to Week 1 in China. The excitement, amazement, and awe the has been permanently etched on Nickers face since he arrived in the

Meng Zihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302283825665182078noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-43963232833698089292006-12-01T12:53:00.000+08:002006-12-01T19:18:17.733+08:00

You never know how much stock you can put into such statements, just ask Zhao Yan, but today's decree signed by President Wen JiaBao is progress no matter how you flip it. The decree details the regulations on foreign journalists during the 2008 Summer Olympics and the preparatory period, and gives foreign journalists the ability to travel and report more freely across the country. Well...

Meng Zihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302283825665182078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24199207.post-1164615980693707732006-11-27T16:16:00.000+08:002006-11-27T16:26:20.706+08:00

In case you've missed it, as China's energy needs continue to grow at an expoential rate construction has begun on a new dam along the Yangtze river. Good news on this one is that it only displaces 100,000 to 150,000 people instead of the 1.3 million displaced from the Three Gorges project.

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...one post at a time. Welcome to "The Great Blog of China"! Like The Great Wall before us, we here at The Great Blog of China (TGBC) are looking to leave an imprint on the world that will withstand the test of time, visbile to the masses following us throughout the ages in space. A visibility that may only be seen within the brainchild of Al Gore*, perhaps...but visibility just the same. The

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