A rather odd article caught my eye on Reuters the other day. In “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” style, it seems that the average bust size in China has increased. Tempest in a D-cup as bust sizes grow BEIJING (Reuters) – Bra producers have been forced to offer bigger cup-sizes in China because [...]
[Cue "That Techno Song"] This morning as we left for work we seemed to step back in time a hundred years as we left our building. Although the traffic, the technology, the skyscrapers, and the cranes building skyscrapers were all still there, it had all taken on a dusty shade of brown like an old-fashioned [...]
Crossing the Street in Beijing One of the first things people realize when they arrive in China is that they have absolutely no idea how to cross the street. I remember when I first arrived in Beijing and stared in confusion at a red pedestrian crossing signal as a crowd of people swept me with [...]
Hao Wu, the author of one of my favorite blogs, Beijing or Bust is being held by the Chinese police. I’ve been quite busy lately, and I haven’t been able to keep up with my chosen selection of China blog reading. Today, while I waited for Lucas to finish up at work, I took the opportunity [...]
Thoughts on Our Hot Spring Visits This has certainly been hot spring season for us with the chance to visit both a Chinese hot spring park and a Japanese hot spring bath house. A month ago, we signed up for a trip with West China tour group to visit a couple wineries outside of Beijing [...]
This afternoon, thanks to Imagethief’s blog, I became aware of a new and growing problem related to Avian Flu. Apparently, since farmers are culling so many birds over bird flu threats, the number of geese available to provide feathers for badminton shuttles is decreasing. I guess I picked the wrong time to take up badminton. [...]
Once again I’m amused by how the Weather Channel describes the Beijing weather. “Blowing Dust.” Doesn’t that describe the conditions here every time there’s a breeze?
I’m getting a little overwhelmed by how much press Google is getting lately. Every time a turn around (or scan a news feed), someone is accusing Google of something, or Google is defending themselves against some earlier accusation, or Google’s stock is going up, or Google’s stock is going down. I like Google. I always [...]
As I was sipping a cup of hot chocolate this afternoon (I felt calorie-deficient; consuming any hot beverage in the sweltering Sahara of our office is foolhardy), I trolled a few RSS feeds for the local Chinese and Beijing news. Some article sparked my interest, and I followed a link over to the English Xinhua [...]
For my slightly-belated Christmas present, I went to Yaxiu market in January and had a traditional Chinese dress tailor made. It’s the first time I’ve ever had a piece of clothing tailored from start to finish, and a lot of the fun was just the experience. When I went in for my first fitting, I [...]