China

China names two successors to Hu Jintao as President of China
"In a political system that abhors uncertainty and extols stability, this is a significant development."
Worst Hu Jintao pun headlines
His name "offers too ripe a target for unrestrained wordsmiths."
Accepting My Diploma

Sweet clothes eh? Also accepting the diploma with both hands, though the sandals dampen the effect a little. This was in Changchun, after studying Chinese for 2 months, we had a little ceremony, where we all dressed up in the Chinese outfits we had custom made for us.

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Submitted by roland on Sat 2007-10-13 22:49 #

wow flash back!

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Mon 2007-10-15 16:29 #

Yup. Memories flooded back when looking at these "old" photos. And my parents rescued the outfit from their attic, so I still have it. :)

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Guanyin Calligraphy

It looks like the calligrapher got the second character slightly wrong. See the Wikipedia page on Guanyin for the right Chinese characters.

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sillygwailo added a note: Should be a dot, not a line. The calligrapher that came to teach us did have a fever, so I'll cut him some slack.

Confucius Say

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Submitted by deleted on Fri 2007-10-26 10:05 #

confucius say that is one awesome gwai lo

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Chinese Culture Versus German Culture
A series by Chinese designer Liu Yang, who spent time in Germany. Unclear to me where this originated, other than possibly a forum post at tianya.cn.
Kris' awesome photos from his third trip to China
I favorited about a dozen of them, most of them taken in Shanghai.
Major League Baseball in China
A short documentary produced by Rick Widmer on behalf of MLB.

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