Tag Archives: China

Joules of Wealth

During the fall harvest in Fujianm, China, sweet potatoes slices, basking in the noonday sun, blanket entire hillsides.
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Five Reasons Why You Should Visit Xiamen

Located in China’s Fujian province across the strait from Taiwan, Xiamen is a bustling coastal city offering all the usual amenities for travelers with Western sensibilities as well as a rich plethora of traditional Chinese culture and customs.

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Why I Wouldn’t Live in Hong Kong

"For creature comforts, Hong Kong is unsurpassed, but Hong Kong is culturally barren. Living there is something like living inside a cash register."
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Megamalls and Clumsy Change

Some brief musings about HK:
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Jedi Druglords

Everyone knows China is the treasure trove of bootlegged movies, but few people realize the hidden gems within these bootlegged DVDs.
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Go Ahead, Feed the Fish

Spartan33x saw his last team member die. The terrorist had emptied an entire 30-round magazine of 7.62mm bullets from the AK-47 into his friend’s body, which was now lying unrecognizable heap on the floor. The carnage was terrible. Shredded Kevlar and seared chunks of flesh lay strewn about the hallway as blood [...]
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“Life Will Get Better and Better”

Zhang Yimou's To Live (1994) makes no attempt to romanticize the past.
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