Paper cranes for Sichuan
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China has been mourning the last few weeks, and this includes students at Fudan as well.
It’s quite visible when you just look around campus. Thousands of paper cranes have been folded by students and hung up from tree to tree. The photo above is just outside my classroom at [...]
Earthquake fundraiser
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At 2:28 pm this afternoon, I sat in silence with my classmates while the rest of Shanghai was ringing.
By ringing I mean, from my classroom on the 6th floor, I could hear the city wailing with the sound of sirens, alarms and cars honking. This was China’s version of a [...]
"I’m kind of a big deal"
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Meet Megan Harman.
Recent Carleton University graduate, business reporter, my BFF… and most recently, a celebrity on the Bund in Shanghai.
She’s only been here for two days and Asia loves her already.
MY BFF ARRIVES IN SHANGHAI! I can’t wait to pick her up from the airport, and proceed to frolick and laugh in hysterics together.
Then, come June, me, MH, Ardo and Cook will take China by storm.
These Oakville girls are going to show 中国 how it’s done. YEAH!
When you are getting off with your lover…
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Pickpocketing is a huge problem in Shanghai.
So listen to this friendly neighbourhood ad, and watch your stuff the next time you’re making out in China!
A bus exploded near my school yesterday morning.
Here’s excerpts from the Wall Street Journal’s account of the incident.
Fatal Fire Hits China Bus
Shanghai Incident Has Unclear Motive; Pre-Olympic Tension
By JAMES T. AREDDY
May 5, 2008 3:49 p.m.
SHANGHAI, China — A deadly bus fire in Shanghai was caused by a passenger carrying an unspecified “flammable material,” according to [...]
Moganshan’s bamboo forests
Originally uploaded by april.fong4
For China’s May Golden Week, me and a couple of friends left Shanghai for three different cities in Zhejiang province.
We took a train to Hangzhou, then a bus ride to Wukang and Moganshan, and then rented a driver to get to Suzhou for a boat ride along one of [...]
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