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| How
To Find A Sadhu Of Your Very Own - Or The Challenges Of Buying A Tibetan
Horse |
| - Chuzal Dzong
was three gritty, unpaved streets, boasting a couple of general stores
all touting the same Chinese goods, a pool hall, a smaller café
frying more spicy Szechwan, and an audio cassette cum sweet shop. It wasn't
much. But I figured it was our only chance to find something with four
legs to carry our packs and someone with two to guide us to Gyantse |
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| In
China - Toughing It |
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again and failed. Yep, Sunday, my dearest and closest Chinese friend
tried to kill me again. And again. And again. Three times
they tried to "off" the big, over-weight, tall, pony-tailed guy in shorts
and with beautiful white skin. I thought they came close, but I'm
still here. Now for the details. |
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| Interns
Needed - Gateway Language Village, People's Republic of China - The Who,
What, Where, When, Why, and How of Interning at GLV - Teaching English
Overseas |
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Escape from America Magazine was recently contacted by Gateway Language
Village to help in their search for Interns. The editor of Escape from
America Magazine thought it would be helpful to readers if more was known
about the job opening, its location, amenities, and other particulars readers
might like to know about. GLV is offering three month and six month
contracts to anyone with a strong desire to see and mingle with the authentic
cultures of China. It's a chance for mature High School graduates, college
students, world travelers, and people looking for an interesting adventure
and educational experience to travel and work. |
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| Kangding
- On The Road To Tibet |
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church on Sunday. Now, what could be more ordinary? Well, for me,
the nearest church means a trip to Kangding, and a trip to Kangding is
far from the ordinary. 'Kangding' is what the Chinese now call it.
Dartsedo, the meeting place - of two rivers, and of traders - is what the
Tibetans have always called it. Closed off until recently, few westerners
have heard the call of her river and the rugged beauty of her mountains. |
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| Male
Warrior Princess - On Chinese TV |
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seen one of these Chinese period pieces, you've seen most of them: there
is a hero with long straight hair, a comedy fat courtier, a few pretty
princesses, various evil bearded men and scheming aunties. I and four other
Westerners (also picked up in the bar) played the henchmen of "Mar-Jali"
a curiously named 19th century English explorer. When I told my Chinese
girlfriend about my new job invading China, she assured me that the director
would make sure that me and my fellow Westerners would be defeated. She
added patriotically, "I hope you die". |
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| My
Frustrating Love - What Is It Like To Live In China? |
| - This article
is a goodbye to the country I've lived in for ten months - travelling,
living with a local family, teaching English. This is an account of the
good and bad things I've encountered, and as a result is inevitably a series
of generalisations - there are lots of exceptions to the tendencies I'm
describing. |
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| On
Learning The Awful Chinese Language - In China |
| - The first
night I was on my own in Taichung City, I went out for some dinner. But,
one problem with China is that you can’t read the street signs. Basically,
I never go more than a few blocks from my house, because I can’t ask for
directions. And, even if I could, I don’t know my address. Coming out of
the restaurant, I got a little turned around. I knew that I was probably
not more than a block from the apartment, but didn’t know where it was,
exactly. |
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| On
The Modern Silk Road - Traveling An Ancient Trade Route |
| - Born in
South Korea and raised in America, I embody Eastern roots with Western
views. Traveling through China fulfilled part of my personal story, for
in our heritage lies a discovery that may answer some of our precious questions.
With a group of students from The Beijing Center, I traversed part of the
1,423 mile ancient Silk Road exploring the land, people, and places of
my root culture. Jan/06 |
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| On
Two Wheels - China From The Slow Lane |
| - Mao's shadow
falls far in China. A Chinese English student of mine from the countryside
north of Chengdu told me that everyone in China says that Mao was 30% wrong
and 70% right. But I've always been told that the Chinese aren't good gamblers,
though I don't know that. Anyway, it seems as though Mao's legacy is being
driven over, literally. |
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| Paddling
The Maekok River - In Indochina |
| - When you
tell the folks back in Brooklyn that you are going to paddle the entire
Mekong River, they are justifiably impressed. The Mekong is one of the
most famous rivers in the world, often referred to as The Heart of the
Dragon, or The Soul of Indochina. It's pristine waterways run from Yunnan,
China, through Indochina, ending in Vietnam. |
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| Perilous
Passes In Winter - Adventures In China |
| - A couple
years ago, during the winter break, I came across a monastery cradled in
a small grassland area. There are plenty of monasteries much closer to
where I live. Those are either small, or in an urban area. This monastery,
180 kilometers from my home, was large, yet away from any population center.
I began to harbor dreams of meditation retreats on three-day weekends,
eventually a week-long retreat. I was eager to meet the head Lama, to see
if that would be possible. Meeting him, however, was not so easy. Oh, he's
approachable enough, a real down-to-earth kind of fellow. But hard to reach.
Though the location is not far, 'you can't get there from here'. |
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| Relocation
to Shanghai - Our Move - Moving to Shanghai |
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"My first impression is that Shanghai is BIG, exotic, with lots and lots
of people, bicycles,and cars- but easy to navigate and relatively cheap
to live if I don't attempt maintain a totally american lifestyle - which
I didn't want to do anyway. The few chinese people I have had contact with
after 5 days have been very friendly, helpful, and tolerant. A surprising
number of chinese I have encountered speak some English. English is taught
as a required subject in most schools. Taxis and bicycles are everywhere.
I can get anywhere in the city for 2 or 3 dollars. We won't need a car
here." |
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| Secrets
To Surviving In China - Learning What It Takes To Make It In China |
| - Doing business
in China is filled with idosyncratic gestures that act as a brake on business.
Most people feel you can't do business in the country unless you have a
local Chinese to represent you. But having someone else represent you in
business may not work for the kind of business you want to set up. The
above article will give you some ideas about what you will face in China
and what are some possible solutions. |
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| Shopping
in Mainland China - Twelve Steps Across the Cultural Gap - Bargaining and
Negotiation 101 for the Traveler to China - Make a Deal |
| - A mother
of two and a grandmother of 6, Eva Lynne dreamed of coming to China to
teach since her early teens. She currently resides in Zhuhai, Guangdong
Province, Peoples Rep. China. Bargaining price is not only expected, it's
the custom. Here's how-to-do-it advice from a seasoned shopper in China. |
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| Surviving
The Culture Clash - Some Unwritten Rules When Living In China |
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If you are considering going to live and work in China, then I am sure
that you have already begun your research and read as much literature as
possible regarding Chinese customs, culture and lifestyle. I have
lived in China now for over a year, (I taught in Beijing during the academic
year of 2002-2003 and I am currently teaching in Shantou on a six month
contract), and I wish to share some of the many unwritten cultural differences
that I have experienced during this time. |
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| Taklamakan
Desert By Rickshaw - Venturing Through Western China |
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Antonio takes you out onto the deserts of western China to meet some of
the local inhabitants. An intrepid traveller he bikes his way across the
desert in order to show us what is out there. He's planning on heading
back to the desert soon and hope we hear from him again upon his return. |
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| The
Cult Of The Leader - Mao's Hometown |
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Very hard to say about Chairman Mao: son of a well-to-do farmer, schoolteacher,
guerrilla leader, absolute ruler of China. He was also a man of strange
habits: he is said to never have brushed his teeth; he only ever rinsed
them in green tea. On the other hand he was incredibly brave:there is the
story of Mao swimming at the Chinese summer resort, Beidaihe, and upon
seeing a typhoon coming across the sea towards the beach, he jumped into
the water and started swimming into the storm. The above article gives
you an idea about Chairman Mao's legacy. |
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| The
Monk From Brooklyn - An American At The Shaolin Temple |
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The Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Kung Fu and modern Chinese Buddhism,
is the oldest and most mysterious kung fu school in the world. It is an
exotic and mythical destination of daydreams to millions of people. In
the history of the temple, very few foreigners have ever had a chance to
study there. Foreigners have been allowed to study in many of the Shaolin
schools, near the temple, which have taken the Shaolin name as a marketing
ploy, but less than fifty foreigners have studied at the original Shaolin
Temple. |
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| The
Pleasures And Pitfalls Of Teaching In China - Some Thoughts On China |
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One way to immerse yourself in the culture, customs and lifestyle of another
country is to pack your bags, jump on a plane, and become a TEFL teacher.
I taught in Beijing, China from July 2002 until I left at the height of
the SARS outbreak in April 2003, and I found it to be one of the most interesting,
challenging and exciting experiences of my life. |
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| There's
No Place Like Home - A "Stranger in a Strange Land" Settles In - Living
in China |
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Larry Jer is of Chinese decent, but was born and raised in North America.
He signed on for a one-year hitch to teach English at Shenyang Pharmacy
College, China, but mere hours after he dropped his luggage, he was told
he'd have a one month paid vacation, free from lessons, just to get accustomed
to his new surroundings. Not a bad gig by any means, but lacking any language
skills and foreign to the culture, panic set in. Larry relied on what skills
he'd brought with him, and before the month was over, he called China home.
Larry enjoyed his time in Shenyang so much, he stayed an additional year.
He eventually returned to Canada to set up house with Jun, his lovely bride
from China and credits his good fortune solely on his #35 haircut. |
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| Tibet
and the Potala Palace - From Riches to Ruins - Tibet |
| - Richard
S. Ehrlich notes, "The Dalai Lama may remember the Potala Palace as his
center of power in Tibet, but the Chinese have turned the stunning 1,000-room
structure into a slick corporate logo, decorating beer bottles, computer
screens and plastic packets of dried yak meat. Mindful of the popular capitalist
chant, 'location, location, location,' the heart of the Potala Palace is
now occupied by a tacky, spacious, Chinese-run gift shop." |
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| Traditions
Alive In Modern Eastern Tibet - Celebrating The Tibetan New Year |
| - Preparations
are in full swing for lhosar, the Tibetan New Year. The teens will gather
at 9 a.m. today to practice the dances and songs for the festival. When
I rouse myself to look at my watch, I see it is already quarter past eight.
My host, Urgyen, is at puja1 with the monks, so I will be alone for breakfast.
I ease myself out of the warm bed into the frigid air. My mountaineer watch
records a room temp of 43°F. I use the chamber pot one last time. I
fish under the blankets for my socks, then jump into the rest of
my clothes layered over the ever-present long johns. Once again under the
blankets for the hot water bottle. |
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| “Wait
And See” In Futuristic Shanghai - China’s Fast-Paced And Most Cosmopolitan
City |
| - Although
not the traditional China of pagodas and pavilions, Shanghai conjures up
all the mystery of the Far East. A past of colonial adventurers, shady
ladies, and opium dens, it now has a shining future as Asia’s major hub
of economy and trade. Many multinationals whose regional headquarters were
in Hong Kong and Singapore have already relocated here. China’s most cosmopolitan
city, Shanghai is also its richest and largest. Although estimates vary,
general consensus puts the population of its greater municipal area at
around 18 million people. And that’s truly beyond megalopolis. |
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| Yunnan
- Vacation In China |
| - Having just
been blown over by an early precursor of an infamous Beijing sandstorm,
my mind drifts back to a recent trip to Yunnan province. Yunnan is
about as far away as one can get from Beijing on the Chinese mainland.
Colorful in many senses of the word, the southwest corner of China boasts
a diverse motif of people, places, and topography unseen elsewhere in the
country. |
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