Date: 2008-09-29 ; Tags: China halloween mask costume
Pumpkin Masks and Cat Ears
During the month of October, I taught my students about Halloween. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a total sucker for spooky stuff, costumes, and any kind of Halloween and/or autumn-related festivities. To boot, Halloween is all-but
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Date: 2008-09-29 ; Tags: Yantai China
There are never train tickets available on any of the national holidays in China. You can’t book them in advance (that would be too easy), so you are left queuing for days the week before you travel if you actually want to take the train. So, when May Day came along, my American friend and I opte
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Date: 2008-09-29 ; Tags: pagoda travel China new real
China is a country of paradoxes. Nothing can really prepare the average, self-respecting foreigner for the reality of modern China. I'm currently sitting on a hard seat in a double-decker train berth between a young woman studying Korean and an older gentleman whose tattered brown leisure suit and threadbare navy polo shirt give away his meagre income.
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