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February 2005 - Posts

You Must Boil the Dumplings

Posted Saturday, February 26, 2005 4:30 PM by will
Last Wednesday was Yuanxiao Jie , or the Lantern Festival, the final day of the two-week Chinese new-year holiday period optimistically called “Spring Festival”. On this day, you celebrate family unity and happiness by eating small, round, Read More...
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Lessons from the Land that Taste Forgot

Posted Sunday, February 20, 2005 6:40 PM by will
I recently wrote about attending a temple fair and going to see the ice lanterns of Longqingxia over the Spring Festival holiday. I didn’t have time to go into what those events reveal about life in and around Beijing , so I’d like to revisit Read More...
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The West's Secret Shame: Abuse of Chinese Characters

Posted Saturday, February 19, 2005 11:08 AM by will
Language abuse travels in all directions. In an upcoming post I'll discuss the sins of Chinglish, common on signs and T-shirts in China. My apartment building is a serial offender. Meanwhile, anyone contemplating a tattoo or clothing item with Chinese Read More...
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The Land that Taste Forgot

Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:28 AM by will
February brought Chinese New Year to Beijing . As you would expect from “Chinese” (or lunar) New Year, this is the holiday in China . The country gridlocks for a week as the entire population flees wherever they are for the family home, often Read More...
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